I'm going to argue that it's very unlikely any of those people are friends or colleagues. It didn't ask if you recommend Windows on social media or forums.
it does work though, on windows i can see ads and intrusive crap all the time. Linux distros don't bother you at all, it's like linux is not even trying at this point.
Windows 11 has changed this, many many people now warn other people about not using Windows 11 because it is such shit. Doesn't matter what you run, just don't run Windows 11.
No... I've literally only seen this on Lemmy. I've never once encountered anyone in real life that does this.
Edit: and to add, people really don't like this. I love Linux, but hate this community at this point. It's disingenuous and I see blatant lies all the time about where I'm going to see ads in windows. I've yet to see any ads at all so far.
It is interesting but people have different thresholds for what they consider “ads”
I know Ubuntu took some flak for offering their system — was it Ubuntu Pro? — at their login screen. That’s fine with me, but bothers others.
Ubuntu again did it with some music store app in their app search results.
Meanwhile Windows has stuffed Candy Crush, Office, and many others in the start menu over the years. And sometimes it’s not Microsoft but OEMs doing this.
But is crapware “advertising”? Im not sure but it seems like perceptions have shifted at the same time as Microsoft specifically has pushed more and more intrusive ads, and those have moved further to the “advertising” side of that line between suggestion and spam.
Obsoleting a lot of relatively recent fast hardware means people are either faced with a fuck off or complicated work arounds. Then there is forcing people to log in with their MS email account which they may not have or want or again forcing people into complicated work arounds. The implicit privacy issues of recall if it was rolled out as planned.
Ads in the windows UI both exiting and planned.
The fact that they have discussed the idea of making Windows a monthly/annual fee.
Then the carry overs from 10
The fact that the start menu search is less useful than any linux DE or windows XP
Re-enabling crap that people disabled on purpose
Certain kinds of links opening in Edge even if people use chrome
I would always start all conversations with my friends with "Hey Windows peasants!" If I had any friends. These two things have nothing whatsoever to do with each other.