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  • Go into settings and look for all the tracking and ad personalisaton features. now go find a similar option in OSX or Linux, you won’t find one. This is because windows is subsidized by ads. similar to NetZero but you still have to pay for it. You can continue to disable these features but my point is I don’t even want the option to view more ads from a product I already bought.

  • I an running windows inside linux. i am absolutely doing something wrong, but that’s besides the point. OS ads hit differently than in-app ads. Also when I remove or disable a feature, it should stay dead, unlike the search bar that gets resurrected at next windows update.

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  • Windows updates bring it back. I’ve done it again for now. But as you have comfirmed, there are ads in windows 10.

  • If you’ve managed to disable all ads on windows please share your setup and how you’ve managed that.

  • What’s your secret? One quick way to see ads is to click on the weather in the bottom right corner. I have done all of these things but, like the commenters in that link have mentioned, none of them work.

  • Mac users can also install windows or linux.

    You really cannot disable windows advertising. each windows update brings more ads, more tracking and less options for controlling them. There are tools to disable ads, like windows AME but those disable windows updates, which you’re going to want to have for security updates.

    If you know of a better way to disable advertising I am all ears. I run windows, mac and linux daily and really wish I didn’t have to use windows, or could at least use it closer to how I use linux. I’ve heard that even group policies are not respected. I can’t imagine how much time and money has been lost using windows in a corporate environment just due to ads as distractions.

  • What if I told you that they cost the same amount, but windows users are subsidized via in-OS advertising.

    I mean, decades ago, I would agree with this meme but these days… windows needs to be put down.