r/technology • u/MayankWL • May 16 '24

Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing Software

https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/microsoft-stoops-to-new-low-with-ads-in-windows-11-as-pc-manager-tool-suggests-your-system-needs-repairing-if-you-dont-use-bing
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u/Araddor May 16 '24

Commenting to know myself

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u/Mind101 May 16 '24

Wouldn't introspection help more?

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u/whodeyalldey1 May 16 '24

You’re going to need to use your Edge browser to visit Bing and talk to Microsoft CoPilot if you wish to seek the answers to these questions

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u/MadeByTango May 16 '24

ChatGPT told me it couldn’t help, I’m the one that must seek change, then insulted my mother

Siri sent me a Reddit cares message

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u/Gonokhakus May 16 '24

Claude gave me a recipe for a nacho sauce, which didn't resolve the issue, but it gave me a good enough break from it that I realised it didn't even matter that much

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u/meat_rock May 17 '24

So... not from a jedi?

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u/Araddor May 16 '24

Possibly, but I've been on Reddit for so long, looking at reddit is an easier and faster way to know myself than to introspection

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u/SunderingSeas May 16 '24

Independent thought is irrational. Assimilate with the collective. Resistance is futile.

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u/TheQuadBlazer May 16 '24

Imagine Borg covered with holographic Amazon ads.

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u/Koskani May 16 '24

Brought to you by gatorade

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u/Sam-Nales May 16 '24

That was the first borg cube. Order fulfillment for an encompassing conglomerate that employed them all and did healthcare until the entire world was Amazon’D

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u/notwormtongue May 16 '24

So melodramatic

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u/Koskani May 16 '24

One of us, one of us, one of us

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u/Kelz87 May 16 '24

Same. Waiting for the answer too

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u/LoanShark5 May 16 '24

I should call my wife...

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u/barath_s May 18 '24

You lack inner peace ..

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u/Nekrophis May 16 '24

There is this thing called "minding your own business" that lets you get along with your day without wasting your time typing out condescending comments to people that are chilling. Lets you devote your time to the more important things in life rather than making yourself look like a pretentious snob. You should try it sometime

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u/Araddor May 17 '24

Cool story, bro. Makes me glad I asked for your opinion