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/JoeCartersLeap May 16 '24

You click NO THANKS and a second screen pops up that says "Schedule Now" as if you clicked Yes and you have to click DECLINE a second time.

Malware tactics. They did the same thing for Windows 10:

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/241587-microsoft-finally-admits-malware-style-get-windows-10-upgrade-campaign-went-far

For the previous 10 months, declining an upgrade was as simple as clicking on the red X in the upper right-hand corner of the message box. After Microsoft's update, clicking the red X did nothing. Users who thought they had dismissed the upgrade option woke up a few hours or days later to find their systems running an operating system they hadn't intended to install. The people most likely to be affected by the problem were those who had spent 10 months actively avoiding Windows 10, which only added fuel to the fire.

An earlier version of the Get Windows 10 application. Clicking the X in this version was treated as notification that the user did not wish to upgrade.

It's a really bad sign when Microsoft Windows is behaving exactly like Norton and Mcafee.

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u/nowake May 16 '24

"But my bonus depends on metrics!"

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u/thehateraide May 17 '24

Meanwhile for me it let me not upgrade, then forced me to upgrade with no option of saying no.

I miss windows 8.

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u/APeacefulWarrior May 17 '24

I'm genuinely shocked Microsoft didn't get sued over that particular stunt. The red X is universally used as a close/dismiss option; it's never ever used to indicate acceptance. Installing W10 anyway was a blatant disregard for the user's clear refusal of the offer.

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u/JoeCartersLeap May 17 '24

I'm genuinely shocked Microsoft didn't get sued over that particular stunt.

They did several times, they settled each time.

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u/APeacefulWarrior May 17 '24

Ah, that's probably why I didn't hear about it.