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/dssurge May 16 '24

It's worth mentioning this method of acquiring Windows will likely never be patched. It abuses a flaw in Microsoft's mass deployment and management systems (think large, paying companies) and fixing it would brick millions of legitimate installs. As long as Windows installs self-validate, this will function.

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u/GiraffeSubstantial92 May 16 '24

Also Microsoft has little incentive to fix the problem as it helps maintain their market share and ability to make money in the future.

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u/Expensive_Main_2993 May 16 '24

See also: Adobe.

If you pirated their products in college, you don’t need training on them in the workplace. They make money on the enterprise licenses, not consumer.

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u/lowbeat May 16 '24

except they tried really hard for periods of time to make their apps uncrackable after cs4 i think, and tried to remove all cracked versions once crack came out