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		DanBC on April 17, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft loses control over Windows Tiles I'm ad tolerant but ads being baked into my OS feels weird and wrong. Not everyone knows how to remove them, and really why should they have to remove them?

pjmlp on April 17, 2019 | [–]

For me it feel the same way as Amiga bundles, just in digital format instead of a pile of floppies.

http://www.amigahistory.plus.com/bundles.html

AnIdiotOnTheNet on April 17, 2019 | [–]

If Windows 10 were free, then tolerating a certain amount of this bullshit would be acceptable. But it isn't free.

pjmlp on April 17, 2019 | [–]

It was free for XP, 7, 8 and 8.1 users.

Plus every new release since then.

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