Dragon Flight requires Win 10+?

Raelic-blackhand · September 23, 2022, 5:35pm

Maybe you already set it up when it first prompted, but I get ads every few updates or so to do some such setup and OneDrive mess.

Raiimir-stormrage · September 23, 2022, 5:35pm

No, there are not. If you’re getting pop ads, you installed something or allowed notifications from some place you shouldn’t have.

I’ve been running Windows 10 for years.

That’s not an ad…

Thallia-sentinels · September 23, 2022, 5:35pm

AND HE’LL SCREAM IT TOO!

Raelic-blackhand · September 23, 2022, 5:36pm

It’s a service you can pay for that has a free “Demo”.

It’s an ad.

Raiimir-stormrage · September 23, 2022, 5:37pm

It’s part of the setup wizard you have to do every major update. No different than your iPhone asking you if you want to enable iCloud backups.

It’s a feature you can disable or enable during the setup wizard.

It’s not an ad. And it’s not a pop-up ad for sure.

Raelic-blackhand · September 23, 2022, 5:37pm

Sure, sure, feature. That you can pay for. Totally not an ad they force you to click through every few updates.

Totally not scummy to hide the link to skip it either.

Cäynä-hyjal · September 23, 2022, 5:38pm

Same for me. I was getting ads to upgrade CCleaner to the Pro version but that was because I had accidently allowed notifications. It wasn’t a problem cause by Windows 10.

Raiimir-stormrage · September 23, 2022, 5:38pm

Yeah, like Name Changes, Server Transfers, Faction Changes in WoW.

Lots of features are paid for extras.

It’s never hidden. I have no issue skipping setting up One Drive.

Raelic-blackhand · September 23, 2022, 5:39pm

And those are advertised too.

oh, and let’s not forget the News and Interest thing they had that was not able to be disabled for a while when it first launched.

Another feature I guess.

Thallia-sentinels · September 23, 2022, 5:40pm

Since when is news and weather considered a bad thing or an ad?

Raiimir-stormrage · September 23, 2022, 5:40pm

KDE5 had the same thing years ago, and eventually Gnome. You gonna say Linux has ads now ?

Turn it off if you don’t want a news RSS feed applet.

Raelic-blackhand · September 23, 2022, 5:40pm

It has a RECOMMENDED PRODUCTS section.

Indaria-wyrmrest-accord · September 23, 2022, 5:41pm

Pretty sure even Microsoft isn’t supporting Win 7 anymore with drivers, ect.

Raelic-blackhand · September 23, 2022, 5:41pm

Originally, you couldn’t turn it off.

Raiimir-stormrage · September 23, 2022, 5:41pm

I’ve had Windows 10 for years, I’ve always had it turned off.

Thallia-sentinels · September 23, 2022, 5:42pm

… but that’s not a pop up ad? And you can configure news and weather to show whatever you want.

Cäynä-hyjal · September 23, 2022, 5:43pm

One of the first thing I do on a fresh install is uninstall One Drive.

Raelic-blackhand · September 23, 2022, 5:43pm

I’m a fan of Microsoft too, but it has ads, rarely. Ya’ll just skirt your eyes around them and say “Turn it off” or it’s a “feature” you can pay for so it’s not an ad to make you skip it every few updates.

It’s an ad. They make that skip link small for a reason.

Cäynä-hyjal · September 23, 2022, 5:44pm

Yes

Raiimir-stormrage · September 23, 2022, 5:45pm

But they aren’t ads.

A News feed applet is not an ad, but yes, you can turn it off.

Yes, some SaaS features aren’t included in the base price, but the integration for them is built-in. It’s not an ad, it’s a feature integration with a paid SaaS component.