Things like this move me to imagine a world completely devoid of ads. "But how would you discover a product you didn't know you needed?" I don't care. I would go without that product. That is preferable to me.
You know what else they could have done, as a compromise? Make the ad screens partially transparent, by stippling the pixels, or by having glass sections, or by turning the LCD completely transparent for part of its refresh.... there are many ways to not be anti-consumer garbage meant only to jump in front of eyeballs.
I just blocked MeanwhileOnGrad because it seems like it's just a place to pile on someone and talk about how much everyone hates them. Not quite the same thing, but basically, that's what happens.
The way that's worded implies that the only way it can hurt Windows is if Windows sucks. Subtle and true. Do better Microsoft. Or don't. We don't care, we're just doing our own thing.
Guantanamo Bay. Abu Ghraib. Proved to me that we were the baddies back in 2002. This is not a revelation.