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Microsoft is pushing fullscreen ads for Windows 11 laptops to people still using Windows 10


Another win for Linux Guy accelerationism.

I'm thrilled to report that capitulating to Microsoft's veiled strong-arming by upgrading to Windows 11 doesn't offer any escape from this sort of thing, unless you navigate to a buried setting. And if you're still using Windows 10, here's Microsoft proverbially harumphing and checking its watch to hurry you out the door, insisting you give more money to the company through a machine and OS you've well bought and paid for. Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer.

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