I still don't understand how this is any different from the "recomended" in the past? Nobody in these articles actually explains the change, they just say the same "It's here now" and don't even show a screenshot of it. Maybe if they're nice they say how to turn off "recommended".
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Windows Users:
"I AM BECOME ๐คก FACE PAINT MEME"
Imagine paying for an OS to have ads in it. ๐๐ฉ
Thankfully we have Linux/BSD
It doesn't matter that you can disable it, this stuff shouldn't be in the OS in the first place
Imagine paying for windows
Yeah, it really sux that Ububtu made this acceptable and Windows copied them.
You'll downvote me, but it's true. They did it first with fucking Amazon ads over a decade ago.
Yes, they did it first, but they removed it because it wasn't acceptable and everyone hated it
Seriously. I paid for the computer, it should not be constantly begging and nagging to subscribe to my own hardware. Sympathies to people unable to get out, but I was done a long time ago.