There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our unshittified experience

Source

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I can’t believe a paid OS needs a tool like this. Here’s a GUI tool called OFGB (Oh Frick Go Back) to remove all the ads in Windows 11. It’s understandable if a free OS or app needs ad support, but this is just crazy github.com/xM4ddy/OFGB

[Screenshot Of a GUI Tool To Removes Ads From Various Places Around Windows 11] :::

Koordinator_O ,
@Koordinator_O@lemmy.world avatar

Not sure if my AdBlock is responsible for not knowing about any of these ads even existing or EU.

Halosheep ,

I haven’t paid for windows since like 2014. The fuck are you guys doing that you haven’t gotten a free legitimate license?

Aoife ,

Y’all I fucking hate windows but running linux went fine until I had to do some video editing for classwork. Premiere pro, which I had a student license for, obviously out. I go looking for FOSS alternatives because hey i’m sure there’s a good linux video editor. I think I ended up settling on Kdenlive. I tried installing it from the ubuntu app store and that version was missing features. I tried installing it with apt-get and then proceeded to spend the next 5 hours trying to fix a missing dependancy that seemed to have just vanished off the face of fhe earth. I’m sure there are workarounds but “able to look through the error logs of the apt-get and track down the problem” apparently wasn’t tech-savvy enough to have a video editor, one of the most important types of professional software IMO. (also i spent so much money on games cause proton doesn’t play nice with piracy very often). I think lonux is perfect for thw really basic user or for the hyper advanced superuser types, but when you’re in the middle it can be a real bitch to work with.

nialv7 ,

While I agree with you that video editing under Linux is seriously lacking, I think that your conclusion

lonux is perfect for thw really basic user or for the hyper advanced superuser types

is not justified. There are not that many people who need to use a video editor.

Enoblk ,
@Enoblk@lemmy.world avatar

The problem is it’s not just video editing, like I would daily Linux if fusion 360 ran natively on Linux, if steam VR wasn’t broken, if Adobe apps were made for Linux, and if the slicer I use for 3d printing wasn’t such a pain to get running on nix. As things sit now I use Linux for my laptops but for my main desktop I feel pretty stuck with Windows for now, I dual boot but 90% of the time it’s in windows.

nialv7 ,

Again, none of the things you listed are that commonly used. Most of the PC users don’t do 3D modeling or VR.

Enoblk , (edited )
@Enoblk@lemmy.world avatar

Those are both very popular things as of the last 5 years, but basically the point is that everyone has hobbies and quite a bit are PC focused and require software that is not made for Linux and it kinda sucks that devs aren’t making Linux builds of their software because it stands in the way of daily driving Linux on our main PCs

Zetta ,

Blender is low key the best video editor on Linux for future reference

Bougie_Birdie ,
@Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Ooh, I didn’t know you could edit videos in Blender. I’ve been looking to learn how to do editing and Blender’s already a little familiar. Thanks!

Zetta ,

Blender does fucking everything lol, insane how much is packed into that amazing piece of FOSS

SamWoof03 ,

Skill issue + Ubuntu kinda sucks these days

Maddier1993 ,

If you need something in a pinch to substitute a tool you memorized, skill issue is a valid excuse to reject Linux.

SamWoof03 ,

or maybe you should try to push yourself harder out of your adobe comfort zone and make some fucking lemonade, and btw do yourself a favor and switch to something else that doesn’t have snaps built-in, something like Fedora or linux mint

LiveLM ,

Try DaVinci Resolve.
Also I don’t know where you’re getting you’re piracy from because the only game I’ve ever found where a crack was confirmed not playing right in Wine was Codex’s Denuvo Crack for Puyo Puyo Tetris 1

repungnant_canary ,

DaVinci provides Linux binaries

GreatDong3000 ,

Did you try flatpak?

AppleMango ,

About the piracy part - try using Heroic or Lutris. Lutris has worked for me every single time without fail, but I did need to take some effort into understanding how wine/proton works on the surface level. Try using GE (glorious eggroll) versions of proton/wine too.

cupcakezealot ,
@cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

i use windows 11 without that tool and i never get ads like that

clickbait posts are awful

surely_not_a_bot ,

I think it’s just for the cheap version of Windows, like “Home” or whatever.

Banik2008 ,

“I’ve never died, so death is just a myth”

potentiallynotfelix ,

Ok this is just absurd if there’s really file explorer ads

Veraxus ,

If you absolutely MUST use Windows, use it with AtlasOS.

Otherwise, Debian w/ KDE Plasma is your panacea.

brbposting OP ,

I’ve read about that one

atlasos.net

Then there was a similar tool and some discussion about one or the other being either buggy or problematic?

Also - I remember NTlite or similar was out there and lots of talk of Chris Titus’ debloater - haven’t used any at least not in over 5 years

Darorad ,

That was probably Atlas, it disables a bunch of security features as part of debloating, so I wouldn’t recommend it unless it’s an offline device

brbposting OP ,

That was it!! Thank you!

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

I hadn’t heard of Atlas… Looks like it’s a debloating tool? Does it work well?

Debian FTW

brbposting OP ,

It disables security features!

That was what I read.

qwerty ,

Settings ads? I had no idea it got THIS bad.

Asafum ,

When it’s against the law to not maximize profit for shareholders we get into some really disgusting territory when you can’t innovate anymore and need to squeeze every dime out of everything.

What the hell is microsuck going to do in another 10 years? Infinite growth is more of a fantasy than working Communism yet we swear it will work somehow…

PixellatedDave ,

I would love another plug and play experience like I get with windows so I can spend my very limited time on playing the games I like out of the box. Any ideas on how I would do that please?

moonburster ,

I installed pop_os after Ubuntu murdered itself for undisclosed reasons, quite a nice experience and my setup is notorious for windows because of my mismatch of components. (10+ years of difference in components)

PixellatedDave ,

I will take a look thank you

supersquirrel , (edited )

Get a Steam Deck.

No seriously, Steam Decks run on an immutable Arch (edit: I thought my steam deck was a Ubuntu distribution until just now when someone corrected me, see how much of a fool I am and yet I still find my steam deck easy to use when I am exhausted and don’t want to troubleshoot/learn new shit!) distro of Linux. Immutable means every update addresses the core of the operating system in a way that you can’t fuck up anywhere as easily as a normal operating system.

The desktop UI is great, there is a flatpak App Store pre-installed, I mean you can search for Xonotic or any other utility you need and install it in 30 seconds flat. It is just a Linux desktop with decent presets.

The thing is the Steam Deck doesn’t boot to desktop, it boots to a big picture mode where the UI looks like a console. It is easy to browse your games and it feels like you are using a very focused, locked down device from the likes of Apple or Nintendo, not a full blown portable Ubuntu computer running a slick wrapper around one of the most extensible constructions of software ever made (no unfortunately the Steam Deck isn’t a LISP machine).

The clever bit though is that SteamOS (basically a Ubuntu distro) has Proton which is designed to emulate windows (closely related to the other windows emulator WINE). This allows you to play the vast majority of windows games on your Steam Deck and because the windows games are ran in a virtual environment…. when you press the power button to sleep your Steam Deck it just pauses that virtual environment which means that ALLL kinds of games old and new that were never designed to be abruptly paused and resumed end up with wayyyyyyy less issues on the Steam Deck than they would if you were running them in Windows natively and trying to do the same thing (with say a microsoft Surface or something).

I regularly play Steel Panthers WinspWW2 on my Steam Deck. I run it on dosbox which either comes preinstalled on the Steam Deck or is available on the “app store” I can’t remember (not really a store because no one is selling anything).

www.shrapnelgames.com/…/WW2_page.html

^look how shit this website looks, this is an ANCIENT game running on DOS and it honestly barely runs on native windows anyways, you can’t full screen it without it crashing on windows.

All I had to do was add the launch file to steam and now I can open up my steam deck, scroll down to WinspWW2 and start playing the best turn based tactical strategy game ever made… on the go…… that came out in 1995 and has been updated continually since and is basically being kept functioning by an elaborate janky lifesupport system that most people with windows computers don’t even want to bother with because the experience of playing the game is too annoying….

It just runs on my Steam Deck tho!

The virtual dos environment lets me not have to worry if the game will crash when I pause and alt tab to a different program or abruptly put my device to sleep without giving the game time to save or something…. the Steam Deck just suspends the virtual environment and from the perspective of WinspWW2 no change needs to happen. The program just sits open and frozen waiting for me to press the power button on my Steam Deck and keep playing.

Not saying you have to do nerdy shit with your steam deck, what I am saying is that you can do whatever you want to with your steam deck and not have to worry that a company like Microsoft is going to take a dump on a nice thing you had worked out between you and your gaming setup.

Get the Steam Deck it is the best of both worlds, slick and polished when you want it to be, customizable and extensible when you need it to be.

PixellatedDave ,

I haven’t looked at a steam deck but will have to see about it. I am keyboard and mouse though I have tried control pads before and I cannot use them

supersquirrel , (edited )

I understand, you can use the steamdeck docked liked a normal desktop of course.

You just have a fairly hardware limited extremely lightweight gaming desktop that you can throw in your backpack, but it still does a damn fine job of that too so shrugs. I mean get a Logitech k780 or whatever Bluetooth keyboard you like, a mouse too, Bluetooth works just as fine on the Steam Deck as any other laptop.

I like plenty of indie games and I have a deep love for entire genres of video games that categorically don’t require any computing muscle to work (cataclysm dark days ahead I love you) so I don’t care as much about having a super powerful gaming computer at this point in my life but it is definitely a valid criticism of the deck.

PixellatedDave ,

Interesting I will definitely take a look. Thank you!

histic ,

Arch not Ubuntu

supersquirrel , (edited )

Hahahaha well I am an idiot

I do love that this is basically like being a devout worshipper of a cult but realizing 5 years in that I got the wrong address, showed up to the wrong cult, but then everyone was so dark and moody and only spoke in deceiving rhymes so that nobody realized the administrative mistake, including me AND the innocent villagers going about their day outside the cult complex who I continually tried to convert to worship a god which was quite obviously in fact not the god lovingly illustrated on the sign atop the cult mansion’s roof either in name or description but in point of fact the god worshipped by the other cult mansion two blocks south on Michael Street not Michel Street (? Is that even a name?).

An understandable mistake for a citizen passing by from the other side of the city, but when you are actually in the wrong cult and don’t even know it? Oof that is some next level shit.

Veraxus ,

I’d say literally any distro other than Ubuntu.

I even avoid downstream distros now.

I’ve mostly settled comfortably on Debian due to it’s stability. Nothing whatsoever against Arch, though.

histic ,

I was correcting op about the steam deck. Although I do agree with you, personally I run nixos for stability while still being fairly bleeding edge

CrayonRosary ,
  • (W)INE (I)s (N)ot an (E)mulator. It’s not a virtual environment either. It’s just a compatibility layer that wires up calls to Windows libraries to their Linux counterparts. Proton is an enhanced fork of WINE.
  • Sleep mode is just… sleep mode, and consumes 10% of your battery per day.
  • DosBox runs on Windows, too.
  • The Steam Deck is a weak ass PC. I love mine, but it does not compare to a modest gaming PC.

I haven’t gamed on Windows since buying my Deck, but you’re testimonial here isn’t very convincing. It’s a portable gaming device that requires a dock (or hub) to even play on a monitor. It’s underpowered by design. Not even all top Steam games run on it.

supersquirrel ,

you’re testimonial here isn’t very convincing. It’s a portable gaming device that requires a dock (or hub) to even play on a monitor. It’s underpowered by design. Not even all top Steam games run on it.

Damn sorry I can see why you don’t like it and those are valid points about doing a bad job with my testimonial, I don’t really know that much about any of this I just type things into google and yell excitedly at the words that pop up most of the time when I am programming (I am looking to learn how to automate this with AI).

Also ok my confusion in thinking WINE is a virtual environment and an emulator when it isn’t, is something anyone could get confused about, if they wanted to make sure everyone knew they should have Put It In The Name and instead they named it after that sour grape drink I would always see my parents friends drink who think the New York Times is a genuinely progressive news organization.

But whatever, I am a fool as I keep telling people and if anything my post should be more convincing because I love my steam deck and find it easy to use even when I am downloading and installing utilities in desktop mode like Qutebrowser and tailoring custom keybindings to use it. I can still figure this out, which is a miracle if a very mundane one at that.

You are clearly right here, and if I was going to make a good argument for the Steam Deck I should have come off as someone who evidently loves their Steam Deck and wants to chat with people about it in a critical fashion where commenters with various different perspectives acknowledge the ups and downs of the device and it’s inherent limitations while refraining from the need to correct newbies sharing their love for the device on incorrect technical details that other newbies aren’t going to care about.

I haven’t gamed on Windows since buying my Deck

Wait

Darorad ,

Yeah, your overall point is 100% correct and well made. Just a few things that don’t really matter to an end user they were complaining about

jadedwench ,

I never considered old DOS games until now. Thank you!

Lianodel ,

First, I’d take a look to see if there are any games you really want to play to make sure they’re Linux compatible. ProtonDB is a great resource for this. The amount of games that work on Linux is actually pretty great, and the coverage is only increasing. That said, the biggest gap comes from games that require anti-cheat software, since that tends to require Windows. It sucks, since it’s a one-sided decision from publishers, and there’s not much to do besides keep Windows around, at least in a dual-boot. If you’re mostly a single-player gamer, you’re probably good to go. If you play AAA competitive multiplayer games, you’re probably out of luck. Best to check before getting started.

Secondly, I’d take a look at Nobara. It’s designed from the ground up to deliver what you want: a plug-and-play, out-of-the-box experience geared towards gaming. I can’t speak from personal experience, but I’ve heard good things. I’ve also heard good things about Pop_OS, which I think makes gaming a priority, too. Linux Mint is also great for offering a smooth transition, but I’m just not sure if there are any hurdles for gaming specifically.

I’ll also add that, while you might need to do some tinkering on Linux, even the regular distros don’t actually have it that bad. For the most part, it’s enabling an option on Steam, maybe downloading a package, maybe some settings here and there. Yeah, Windows still has it smoother, but it might be worth it to not have to fight Windows elsewhere, like with all the ads and privacy invasions. YMMV. For me, the juice is worth the squeeze, because the squeeze isn’t actually that hard once you get a little know-how. :P

Also… you can dual boot. Say you need Windows for some games, or don’t want to futz at all to get them running. You could do that to game or use whatever software only works with Windows, then reboot into Linux for more basic computing. Maybe it’s not worth the hassle of rebooting for you, but it’s yet another option if you don’t want to compromise on gaming, but also don’t want to deal with Windows the rest of the time.

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

I solved this by getting an Xbox. I start a game, and it works (as long as there’s no mandatory updates…). No worrying about system specs, graphics drivers, or anything like that.

I was all about PC gaming in my teens and 20s. These days, I work all day and have much less free time, and want a gaming system that just works with minimal effort. Consoles handle that nicely.

TheHooligan95 ,

Look, I agree, but let’s not kid ourselves on our experience not being shitty too 🤣. We’re capable of using it only because we’re really good at computers, but there are literally millions of people who don’t even know or care about knowing how to change desktop background

refalo ,

I just saw a post the other day from a guy who dumped fedora because it couldn’t be installed with a Bluetooth mouse.

Allegedly the installer requires a mouse click, and he had no other pointing device. They also said the keyboard navigation was not helpful and was also unable to switch to a console to manually pair his mouse.

jadedwench ,

I think I vaguely remember something about that, but I would be pretty upset if the keyboard navigation was unusable. It is almost as bad as the stupid mouse enabled BIOSs that never work. It doesn’t even work on the Dell laptop I have for work. The keyboard navigation is always extra special in those cases and involves a lot of button mashing to get to the correct thing, if I can figure it out at all.

I don’t use wired mice either and had to dig the old gaming mouse out recently so I could get to some menus on a new machine to pair the mouse. I have done the mouse pairing thing through console and it isn’t the best experience, especially if you are trying to figure out if things are working in the first place. For me, I could figure it out. For a new user, you are asking a lot.

Just give me an old school OS installer with simple menus, easy keyboard navigation, and the bare minimum guidance needed to not entirely fuck it up.

barsquid ,

I think it might be possible to get around all their menus with just tab and enter, but it’s less of a pain with a mouse last I tried.

He’s right, the installer should either make mice work or have a GUI that doesn’t expect them.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

there are literally millions of people who don’t even know or care about knowing how to change desktop background

I’ll cede “know”, but I heavily dispute “care”.

Plenty of Boomers are painfully aware of how awful the internet has become over the last decade. Hell, they got to experience it before the rest of us precisely because folks who never knew how to migrate off AOL or Yahoo got enshitified first.

My own mom hates using the computer in no small part because she takes too much of what she sees at face value and ends up with tons of spyware, bloat, and scams rampaging across her laptop. I have to clean it out for her every few months, and I’m constantly fighting with her over what’s actually garbage and what she’s convinced she needs.

But the end result is that she just… won’t check her email because she hates it. She won’t answer her phone because she’s afraid of scam callers. She won’t trust ANY website, so she doesn’t use Amazon or Uber or Netflix.

It isn’t that people like my mom don’t care. They care immensely, because modern technology has become unusable for people like her.

AliOski ,

Put linux on her computer, i think it would make her a lot less annoyed

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

I’ve never tried to install linux on an Apple before.

supercritical ,
@supercritical@lemmy.world avatar

If it is an intel based machine, it’s no really much different than any other machine. The only difference would be in how you get to the boot menu. That’s about it.

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

I’d have to check the specs, but I believe its an M1 or M2.

Piwix ,

If it is M1 or M2 Asahi Linux is the way to go, but it is still in development and probably not ready for your mom

Veraxus ,

Does lemmy have any communities for unintentional “yo mamma” jokes?

Socsa ,

probably not ready for your mom

leg stretches

cracks neck

This is the moment I have been training for…

Veraxus ,

I have. It mostly works, but the network drivers are a pain at best and simply non-existent at worst, often forcing you to add a USB dongle.

schnurrito ,

Linux on an Intel-based MacBook Air was my daily driver for years. It worked perfectly fine; battery life was lower than on macOS though.

TheHooligan95 ,

I think this is a too much pessimistic point of view. People with difficulties will be people with difficulties, but the fact is that the boomers actually are a little incompetent at it, simply hecause they had to deal with many more pressing things. They wouldn’t be stupid to learn as much as your average person wouldn’t be, they’re just understandably lazy. I too am lazy, so I’ll never cook as well as my grandma.

Katana314 ,

I would argue there are facets to many people’s life that they leave “at default” because they “don’t care enough to fix it how they want”.

Take random Linux User XYZ; They still have to nudge their front door to get it open after unlocking, because they’re not a home improvement afficionado that wants to look up door repair videos on YouTube and attempt to put a stabilizer of some kind on the hinge. Or, they might accept the terrible interface in their car because they don’t know of easy ways to get it replaced with something simpler. Or, they don’t have their money invested anywhere because they don’t like/trust researching investment tips.

For us, it’s just that computers are something we’ll always tune to our preference. For others, it’s other things.

Heartwotalk ,

It’s not too bad. They probably wouldn’t have Windows either if they had to set it up themselves. My dad has been using Ubuntu for years, but he doesn’t know it. It’s just a laptop that works as far as he’s concerned.

Churbleyimyam ,

lol windows

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Does anyone happen to know what Mastodon client this is? I’m assuming this is on iOS

brbposting OP ,

Yah, Ivory

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Unfortunately requires a subscription :(

brbposting OP ,

Only for using basic features 😉

https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/be044678-4bfe-481a-9fad-b111ac81f40e.jpeg

Acceptable workaround workflow:
Share icon -> open in Mastodon on the off chance there’s something to reply to

Expect you want something free but a little more fully featured!

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I just found Ice Cubes, it looks promising. It’s also open-source on GitHub.

brbposting OP ,

I like that one too!

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Nice :) I really like it so far, it also seems to have a macOS version, I’m definitely gonna have to compare it to Mona.

refalo ,

TIL you can view and reply to lemmy posts from mastodon

kuberoot ,

That’s the point of the fediverse and activitypub - posts from one platform are federated to other compatible platforms. I know this also includes kbin, but there’s probably other platforms.

filthy_lint_ball ,

Does anyone know if the EU protects against this? I am in Europe (well Switzerland, so technically not EU, but GDPR etc. nonetheless) and using windows 11 as my daily driver on two machines (one with beta) I have never seen ads.

EDIT: except for the ‘finish setting up’ stuff after bigger updates, those I do get.

MDKAOD ,

EU gets Windows 11 ‘N’. It’s gdpr compliantnane doesn’t include the ads. I don’t know about the telemetry though.

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Anyone can install Windows N, just select it during the installation

I’d still recommend debloating it using some script though

MDKAOD ,

Does that actually work?

supercritical ,
@supercritical@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, until you install an update. Then it’s best practice to run it again.

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Yes, if I need to install Windows I always pick the N version. Just make sure to install the Media Feature Pack from the “optional features” area in the Settings app, otherwise some apps like Spotify might not work correctly. It took me days to figure this out, I was incredibly frustrated (that’s often the case with Windows lol, that’s why I switched to Linux).

MystikIncarnate ,

I live in North America, I happen to have bought a Windows 10 license from Microsoft’s website.

If I install the “N” version of Windows 10, my license key doesn’t work.

That being said, give it a try, if it works, great, if not, just install the non-N version and debloat.

GL everyone.

Fedizen ,

they used to call this malware

bwrsandman ,

“It’s okay when we do it.”

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

If its pre-installed, its typically called “Bloatware”.

And I remember having bloatware on my machine going back to the 90s. The first really high quality gaming computer I got was a Sony Vaio and it had tons of bullshit excess software I had to mop out of it before I was ready to really use it.

dan ,
@dan@upvote.au avatar

Is it actually malicious, though? Ads by themselves aren’t malicious.

Godwins_Law ,

Adware then, which is generally unacceptable in a large full featured paid product.

lazynooblet , (edited )
@lazynooblet@lazysoci.al avatar

I have never seen an ad. I’ve not put any effort into debloat. It’s this all just bs?

Edit: Plenty of down votes for asking a question. Great community guys.

blind3rdeye ,

Perhaps you just have a different view on what is or is not an ad. For example when I see a link in the start menu for an app that I did not install, I consider that to be an ad. The most common time this happens is for Office. (Or Microsoft 365 or whatever it is called now.) Also, when I see a ‘suggestion’ to sign into a Microsoft account to use OneDrive - I consider that an ad. Microsoft aren’t telling me about OneDrive to improve my life. They are telling me to improve their profits. And when I type something in the start menu to launch an app, any result that comes up that is not something I put on my computer is an ad. It often will suggest particular websites for example.

These are the kinds of thing that we’re talking about. I’m sure if you’re using Windows on a home computer you will have seen these things. (I assume you’re talking about ads in Windows. It would be quite something else if you’d never seen any ad anywhere.)

MadBob ,

This is my start menu in Windows 11, so I’m also curious about all the hubbub. I will admit I had to get rid of a load of unwanted links when I first got the computer but I’ve never seen adverts beyond that and that it suggests Microsoft Edge in certain contexts.

https://feddit.nl/pictrs/image/cb6eba19-8de6-4960-8f8d-839748eb3e3b.png

brbposting OP ,

You in EU?

MadBob ,

Yes!

lazynooblet ,
@lazynooblet@lazysoci.al avatar

Like muhyb says it’s likely because EU don’t allow this.

Sylvartas , (edited )

Perhaps you just have a different view on what is or is not an ad.

Always fucks me up when I use someone else’s computer and immediately get assaulted by the fucking candy crush ad in the start menu, start grumbling about it and/or ask if they want me to disable it, and the person goes “idk I never noticed it lol”

muhyb ,

Not BS but you’re probably from EU. Microsoft cannot do this shit there.

lazynooblet ,
@lazynooblet@lazysoci.al avatar

That may be it.

wildn0x ,

I’m in the same boat. USA here and only the initial start menu tiles had junk but removed them long ago. Next time I go on my computer I’ll look closer. Maybe my brain just auto filters ads out at this point.

VelvetStorm ,

Makes me wonder how long till video game load screens are sold as ad space.

Liz ,

NBA 2K has had ads in it for a while, though I can’t remember if they’re specifically in the loading screen or not.

9point6 ,

I think EA also did this with the ad boards around the pitch in FIFA one year IIRC

1rre ,

I mean there does have to be something there and while I prefer charities, fake companies or promoting your own products, if they’re not targeted and realistic so you see eg. Ethiad ads while playing as City I don’t think that’s too bad… But on loading screens, menu screens or as popups gtfo, even if it’s your own product

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

It’s EA, what do you expect

cyberpunk007 ,

Thanks for putting this idea forward to the industry.

VelvetStorm ,

Oh, please, do you really think they didn’t have this idea already?

loudWaterEnjoyer ,
@loudWaterEnjoyer@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Delete this comment

Fedizen ,

you ever play a mobile game on an android phone?

Olmai ,

“loading” screens

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Artificial delay periods that are used to show ads, yeah

brbposting OP ,

Slightly better than artificial delay periods used to discourage behaviors to save costs.

Mr. Zuckerberg, if you think I’m referring to reporting spam messages on Facebook desktop, you’re correct.

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Honestly, who really uses Facebook (except for boomers)?

brbposting OP ,

Work :(

Andromxda ,
@Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Damn

dinckelman ,

EA games have done it already, since early 2000s. Practically any EA BIG game has in-game ads for real brands, all over the overworld billboards

AVengefulAxolotl ,

Just dont look at Ubisoft. 💀

Ad/promotion appeared in offline games whenever you opened the map…

UnderpantsWeevil ,
@UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world avatar

finalfantasyxv.fandom.com/wiki/Cup_Noodles

They also had a bunch of Coleman camping gear as a major feature of the game.

As ad placement went, I thought it was kinda charming and cute. More like a goofy Superbowl ad than an obnoxious “BUY ME NOW!!!” splash screen or pop-up insert. But I’m glad the latest FF7 Remakes didn’t continue this trend.

Dicska ,

Makes me wonder how many seconds till they realise the users won’t be able to tell if the game is still loading or it’s just monetised delay. Bonus points if a user finds out, lobbies to get it banned and then they just include bullshit extra processing to justify it.

The future looks so bright.

VelvetStorm ,

If its a pc game people will just find a way to turn that off and tell everyone else how to do it.

Dicska ,

You can turn off stuff that the programmers allow you to through a settings menu (that they wrote), configuration files (that they make their program to read) or fiddling 3rd party stuff that it’s using (like your driver settings, external libraries, etc.).

Similarly to how GTA V’s (could be GTA Online) extreme loading time was caused by a very inefficient way of loading data. Users couldn’t change the algorithm themselves; they could investigate what was going on, but the developers were the only ones being able to actually change it to a recommended version.

Obviously the story is a bit different with an open source code which you can compile for yourself.

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