Microsoft introduces more Windows 10 lock screen ads, but removing them is easy

Is that really true about the police and logo's I would have thought that would be brand marketing 101 and the side benefit of that yes its easier to see what kinda of car but them actually doing that to benefit the police only a bonus. And I'm sure the police have many other ways to identify a car other than the logo's cause what would you do if they are ripped off on say a stolen car.
In my analog, I'm not only considering the police, but the person on the street witnessing a crime.

That said, a brand name, or, "marque", is advertising. But it's also sought after as matter of status, especially in high end merchandise.

Now, when your newly acquired Gucci oversize purse says, "we also sell dresses, belts, skirts, blouses, and ladies panties, I'd say that goes too far.

Same difference with M$. You fire up your desktop, and really don't expect to have to wade through ads for Surface, M$ Office, Windows phone, M$ app store, et al.

So, when your next car, a Chevy, has ads plastered all over it for Buick, Cadillac, Hummer. and perhaps Opel and Vauxhall, give me a shout out, and we can play fun with semantics again.
 
BS, there is no law against removing a manufacturers emblem, the license plate is what is used to identify a vehicle.
Where or when did I say there was? We used to do it all the time. A car with the emblems removed is/was called "nosed & decked".

Is this another topic you're fully versed in?
 
you can rest easy knowing that the people who actually use windows 10 consider you to be a weird.

people are hating the new OS for the most stupid reasons. and the majority of them are just misinformed.

The 99.9% of us still using Windows 7 feel bad for you. Well, not really.
Actually, that number is probably under 50%, maybe even lower. Windows 10 is actually great once you turn off the telemetry. The only reason not to use it would be very specific programs not working. General computing and gaming will not have these problems 99% of the time. People still on Windows 7 look exactly like the people who were still on XP when 7 dropped. Odd.

And your right the reason I don't use it is that my games don't work on it. plus it broke my Samsung Rapid Drive. Very interesting though it killed Chrome performance on my wifes laptop... and seriously I gave it a good go I just couldn't love it. I loaded it on all my pc's for 3 months . Now having said that I really like Windows Server 2012 R2 with Start8, that is an awesome platform and meets expectations its a shame that wind 10 couldn't.
 
Where or when did I say there was? We used to do it all the time. A car with the emblems removed is/was called "nosed & decked".

Is this another topic you're fully versed in?

Anything on a car that is placed there for police to positively identify a vehicle is illegal to remove. Emblems do not fill that criteria as you said they do.
We called them custom or chopped and channeled if the body was extensively redesigned.
Stripped if it was a racecar that had all extra weight stripped and no interior.
Tubbed if the rear axle was narrowed and wider tires were used.
Cars without emblems were customs and the ones where all parts were painted to match (bumpers on cars that had chrome stock, wheels, etc) were called mono'd or monochromatic.
 
And your right the reason I don't use it is that my games don't work on it. plus it broke my Samsung Rapid Drive. Very interesting though it killed Chrome performance on my wifes laptop... and seriously I gave it a good go I just couldn't love it. I loaded it on all my pc's for 3 months . Now having said that I really like Windows Server 2012 R2 with Start8, that is an awesome platform and meets expectations its a shame that wind 10 couldn't.
It's always a good idea to make sure your hardware is ready before changing OS's. WX works great with chrome on my laptop.
 
In my analog, I'm not only considering the police, but the person on the street witnessing a crime.

That said, a brand name, or, "marque", is advertising. But it's also sought after as matter of status, especially in high end merchandise.

Now, when your newly acquired Gucci oversize purse says, "we also sell dresses, belts, skirts, blouses, and ladies panties, I'd say that goes too far.

Same difference with M$. You fire up your desktop, and really don't expect to have to wade through ads for Surface, M$ Office, Windows phone, M$ app store, et al.

So, when your next car, a Chevy, has ads plastered all over it for Buick, Cadillac, Hummer. and perhaps Opel and Vauxhall, give me a shout out, and we can play fun with semantics again.
If you don't want it turn it off, I did and it works perfectly, I get nothing I don't expect.
 
Here people litterally believe that MS shows them ads cause they "might find it interesting". Such good guys, right? Then they talk about logos on cars and shoes like it's the same thing. MS should be more carefull next time with who they pay to do the shilling.
No company wants to waste funds showing ads that do not work on the demographic they are targeting, not google, not MS. They see what you like to look at, what your interests are, what you have searched for recently, and show ads based on that data. Didn't you ever wonder why, after looking at computer desks online, the banner ads you are shown suddenly start showing you computer desks and related materials?
I guess Linux needs to hire better informed pr men as well, or whatever OS you are peddling.
Personally, I only have WX on one laptop, and I have mostly W7pro machines right now, but not because I am afraid of it, because I don't want to have a couple hours downtime right now.
The laptop came with 8 which I didn't like so I updated it to 8.1 when I could and then to WX as soon as it came out, never had any of the issues I had on 8 and 8.1 and it boots so much faster than my 7 machines do. I have it in the bedroom hooked to a tv to watch Amazon prime on chrome, and again, it works without fail.
I don't care what anyone uses, I just try to disprove the myths that keep people in the dark about what it is really like to use it. The ones that are avidly against it aren't the ones that have it on a machine, they are the ones that believe what they read instead of finding out by themselves through actual use, usually.

Baby don't fear the reaper.
 
I'm guessing you wouldn't care, if you no longer had the option to turn it off.
Actually, probably not, it is not like I sit and stare at the login screen for hours on end. In fact, I open the laptop, hit the power button, and close it again, I never see the lock screen. In a few seconds, I see the desktop on the TV it hooked to.
But, having said that, I also probably wouldn't care if they started sending me checks for viewing the ads, I'd just drop them in the trash. Of course neither scenario is likely.
 
It sounds like blocking a whole fncking range of IP addresses is in order, mostly Microsoft's.
There ya go, then you'll get generic ads, but google will still give you targeted ads.
That's my view on it as well. People scream from the highest mountain tops (more like molehills) about Microsoft having one or two ads, but people flock to Google's services. Now this is a company notorious for using you as their product by snooping on whatever you are doing. You will no doubt claim ah, "but... but... I use ad blockers". Well there ya go genius, use those ad blocking skills you are so proud of and used to using. Microsoft adds one ad, and the world loses it s flippen mind, Google's entire business is built around ads, but not a peep out of those same individuals.

If you're so incredibly incensed about the direction Microsoft is going, then blame yourselves and Google. I was perfectly content paying for my software, the way bartering has been conducted for thousands of years and the business model Microsoft was known for, but along came Google with their crappy "free but filled with ads" options and everyone gets used to having crap for "free". Now that everyone is used to having crap for "free", how is a traditional business suppose to survive when no one wants to pay for your products anymore? Riddle me that one!!! So, again, thank you, you people who popularised "free but ad supported" services you have only yourselves to blame. So move to Linux, it wont be long until you force that platform into obscurity too when companies get wind of this changing pattern.
 
People scream from the highest mountain tops (more like molehills) about Microsoft having one or two ads, but people flock to Google's services.
Google services is completely different than having ads at an OS level. And no Microsoft is the one to blame, not "yourselves and Google". Microsoft is the one that made the decision to add the ads. Google didn't make that decision nor did we.
Now that everyone is used to having crap for "free"
Right like Windows has always been free. Windows 10 is not free. Only the upgrade is free which upgrades a paid version. And even then we didn't twist their arms to get Windows 10 for free. So tell me again how getting all our crap for free has effected Microsoft. Microsoft's arrogance is their problem not the consumer base.
 
Google services is completely different than having ads at an OS level. And no Microsoft is the one to blame, not "yourselves and Google". Microsoft is the one that made the decision to add the ads. Google didn't make that decision nor did we.
Right like Windows has always been free. Windows 10 is not free. Only the upgrade is free which upgrades a paid version. And even then we didn't twist their arms to get Windows 10 for free. So tell me again how getting all our crap for free has effected Microsoft. Microsoft's arrogance is their problem not the consumer base.
I fail to understand how it is different. it's illogical.
I really don't care if you dislike windows 10, but can you stop it with the BS comments?
"oh, my OS has a picture of a new game on the lock screen! let's burn MS to the ground!"
"oh, MS knows how many pictures I've viewed using their app! let's write 1000 page hate comments about how evil they are!"
I'm sorry, but this kind of thinking is what I call childish.
 
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What's illogical about ads being integrated into the OS as opposed to having to install them being different? You really do need to look up the definition of logic.
dude... do you not hear yourself speak? it's like talking to a brick wall. since when do you "install" google ads? they are there every time you use their service. are you going to tell me now that because of the google ads you no longer use their services?

PS: I edited my last comment for dramatic effect
 
they are there every time you use their service.
dude, only if you use them! I'm done here.
...and just like that he pulls out of the rat race. going as swiftly as he came, and leaving absolutely nothing of value. I personally liked how he cherry picks points out of my argument, but fails to comprehend the broader context of what I was saying. Perhaps you can answer my question of how a company is to make money, from an ever shrinking customer base, when your traditional business model is being pushed out of relevance? By mentioning "free" I wasn't saying Microsoft is making it's OS free, they aren't, but they are being forced to offer more and more free services because no one wants to outright buy software and services anymore. So while they can, why not try and shift some of the user base they still have into a position they can still survive with. You do realise Microsoft is a business with a mandate to make MONEY, don't you? So it would be incredibly blind of them to not take market conditions and trajectory into consideration when planning their future, and unfortunately with the masses of zeolots out there clamouring for more "free" stuff (by free I do refer to free but ad supported). People want "free" stuff, but when a company claims they will give it to you free, they cant survive off the good will of the world, its MONEY that makes it happen. So you want your "free" stuff, but when a company gives it to you but says they will include adverts, you go ahead and block them. My point with this rant is that the more you block them, the more they will try and circumvent the blockers and the sneakier they become all in an effort to SURVIVE. So yes, it is you and everyone else out there that's making the push to "free but ad supported" and easy choice for these companies. With the rise of Google, this kind of business model grew popular by the same zeolots now complaining about Microsoft trying to do the same thing and SURVIVE so they can pay their employees. I know you will come back and say, but Microsoft still sells their OS. That's a weak argument, and I encourage you to re-read what I said above as many times as it takes for it to dawn on you that their market position is deteriorating because of the rise of mobile, so while they can they must capitalise on what they have now to stay relevant. Unfortunately quality software costs money to write, but since mobile is all about how much you can fit into it for free where else do you want them to make the money? You probably have an Android devices, and even if you don't, hundreds of millions of others do. Google has their spying, advertising claws all over that OS like its a bad case of cancer and arguably a personal mobile device has far more personal information on it than a PC would, but yet I don't see people boycotting Android. So its more likely less of a case of, "oh my privacy", and more a case of misdirected anger about change, and that change however was forced by people who want "free" stuff.

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and with that I am now done on this topic. As it is most likely you or someone else will in all likelihood have some weak argument to try and dispute what I'm saying, but I will thus encourage you to re-read and digest what I am saying and think about it...
 
...and just like that he pulls out of the rat race. going as swiftly as he came, and leaving absolutely nothing of value. I personally liked how he cherry picks points out of my argument, but fails to comprehend the broader context of what I was saying. Perhaps you can answer my question of how a company is to make money, from an ever shrinking customer base, when your traditional business model is being pushed out of relevance? By mentioning "free" I wasn't saying Microsoft is making it's OS free, they aren't, but they are being forced to offer more and more free services because no one wants to outright buy software and services anymore. So while they can, why not try and shift some of the user base they still have into a position they can still survive with. You do realise Microsoft is a business with a mandate to make MONEY, don't you? So it would be incredibly blind of them to not take market conditions and trajectory into consideration when planning their future, and unfortunately with the masses of zeolots out there clamouring for more "free" stuff (by free I do refer to free but ad supported). People want "free" stuff, but when a company claims they will give it to you free, they cant survive off the good will of the world, its MONEY that makes it happen. So you want your "free" stuff, but when a company gives it to you but says they will include adverts, you go ahead and block them. My point with this rant is that the more you block them, the more they will try and circumvent the blockers and the sneakier they become all in an effort to SURVIVE. So yes, it is you and everyone else out there that's making the push to "free but ad supported" and easy choice for these companies. With the rise of Google, this kind of business model grew popular by the same zeolots now complaining about Microsoft trying to do the same thing and SURVIVE so they can pay their employees. I know you will come back and say, but Microsoft still sells their OS. That's a weak argument, and I encourage you to re-read what I said above as many times as it takes for it to dawn on you that their market position is deteriorating because of the rise of mobile, so while they can they must capitalise on what they have now to stay relevant. Unfortunately quality software costs money to write, but since mobile is all about how much you can fit into it for free where else do you want them to make the money? You probably have an Android devices, and even if you don't, hundreds of millions of others do. Google has their spying, advertising claws all over that OS like its a bad case of cancer and arguably a personal mobile device has far more personal information on it than a PC would, but yet I don't see people boycotting Android. So its more likely less of a case of, "oh my privacy", and more a case of misdirected anger about change, and that change however was forced by people who want "free" stuff.

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and with that I am now done on this topic. As it is most likely you or someone else will in all likelihood have some weak argument to try and dispute what I'm saying, but I will thus encourage you to re-read and digest what I am saying and think about it...
As for "taking time to digest what you've said", you're not anywhere near as deep or as bright as you think you are, just pedantic, at a grade school level. "Don't argue with me, 'cause I'm right". You need to **** off.

Other than your self involved rant being but a rather long winded dissertation of the painfully obvious. It fails to take into account of, "what's behind door number 3".

Door number 3, would eliminate the massive amount of disrespect M$ is showing its long term desk top users.

So, it's obvious you can't charge $100.00 for an OS for a phone or tablet, that's a given. Windows 10 is now the ideal platform to dispense to fad devices and phones. So M$, give that version to the unwashed masses, they deserve it.

But for someone working off of his or her desktop as a hobbyist or in a professional capacity, show them the respect which they've earned, let them continue to buy Windows 10, without all the BS, tracking, and now blatant advertising.

I said at the first whiff of Windows 10, "I'm not getting off my licenses for ANY of my current OS". When it comes time to build a new box, I'll gladly pay for a Windows license for it". I used to be so naive and idealistic,. Now, I'll stick with what I have. Instead of looking at Skylake, I better grab some Haswell parts before they're gone. I could slap the copy of Windows 7 Pro I have, right into one of those boards, without a bunch of slip streaming BS to have the drivers work.

The trouble with you and your ilk, is, simply put, you can't be happy with Windows 10 on own own, you feel the manifest obligation to inflict it on the rest of us.
 
As for "taking time to digest what you've said", you're not anywhere near as deep or as bright as you think you are, just pedantic, at a grade school level. "Don't argue with me, 'cause I'm right". You need to **** off.

Other than your self involved rant being but a rather long winded dissertation of the painfully obvious. It fails to take into account of, "what's behind door number 3".

Door number 3, would eliminate the massive amount of disrespect M$ is showing its long term desk top users.

So, it's obvious you can't charge $100.00 for an OS for a phone or tablet, that's a given. Windows 10 is now the ideal platform to dispense to fad devices and phones. So M$, give that version to the unwashed masses, they deserve it.

But for someone working off of his or her desktop as a hobbyist or in a professional capacity, show them the respect which they've earned, let them continue to buy Windows 10, without all the BS, tracking, and now blatant advertising.

I said at the first whiff of Windows 10, "I'm not getting off my licenses for ANY of my current OS". When it comes time to build a new box, I'll gladly pay for a Windows license for it". I used to be so naive and idealistic,. Now, I'll stick with what I have. Instead of looking at Skylake, I better grab some Haswell parts before they're gone. I could slap the copy of Windows 7 Pro I have, right into one of those boards, without a bunch of slip streaming BS to have the drivers work.

The trouble with you and your ilk, is, simply put, you can't be happy with Windows 10 on own own, you feel the manifest obligation to inflict it on the rest of us.
a simple question (or 2). how exactly is a picture on the lock screen or the tracking affecting your work on your PC? and what do the drivers have to do with anything? if it's something from the skylake or haswell generation then it should work perfectly fine.
 
I said I was done. You won't troll me further in this topic.
it happens often. if you can't make a logical argument then just say you won and run away. GG
Actually, what they are running away from is the feeling that instead of talking to a thinking logical human being they are talking to a post. So no matter what they say, no matter how artfully crafted their wording and logic is, it is 100% certain that the recipient does not in any way, shape or form, GET the POINT.
So many examples in this thread...is this 'be deliberately obtuse' day, deliberate trolling (I don't think so) or just another sad example of today's literacy level?
I'd like to say 'you know who you are', but it is clearly apparent that you don't know 'who you are', because you continually fail to get the point and make the replies that make that failure so clear it makes one feel that it is pointless to continue talking to you, not specifically you @Puiu, but the group that fails to 'get it' of which you actually are a member.
 
Actually, what they are running away from is the feeling that instead of talking to a thinking logical human being they are talking to a post. So no matter what they say, no matter how artfully crafted their wording and logic is, it is 100% certain that the recipient does not in any way, shape or form, GET the POINT.
So many examples in this thread...is this 'be deliberately obtuse' day, deliberate trolling (I don't think so) or just another sad example of today's literacy level?
I'd like to say 'you know who you are', but it is clearly apparent that you don't know 'who you are', because you continually fail to get the point and make the replies that make that failure so clear it makes one feel that it is pointless to continue talking to you, not specifically you @Puiu, but the group that fails to 'get it' of which you actually are a member.
and yet, you fail to explain how I was wrong. what is there to "get"? all I'm doing is pointing out just how stupid some complaints are and how some people post hate comments just because they want to feel "important", to get "noticed".
that guy hasn't even seen how an ad on windows 10 looks and yet he's here writing mountains of text on how evil MS is for adding ads to the lock screen. don't you feel infuriated when someone who is clearly ignorant and too lazy to actually check for himself talks like he knows everything?
if you don't like windows 10 then that's fine. but don't go writing lies and false information.
 
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