Lol?
The list of things I'm going to have to uninstall/disable when going to Windows 10 just keeps growing...
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You had to expect something like that since they were practically giving away Win10.
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The prevailing theory is that its free in order to "force" users to a single coherent platform that is much easier and much more cost effective to maintain rather than 4 different platforms along with their respective "pro" or "enterprise" solutions. Slipping ads into their products is just another shit move, but every company seems to agree that its the perfect solution to pad their bottom lines. Adobe, Java, Mozilla, Chrome, and so on all slip ads into the product, and MS has been doing it for Office360 for awhile too.
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not like any of us would play that crap game anyway :3
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Windows 8 introduced Metro, a very mobile-like interface, and Windows 10 is now introducing the pay-to-remove-ad scheme that so many mobile apps use. I'll stick with my Windows 7 desktop operating system.
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For now, you'll have to upgrade "eventually" since you'll be forced to at one point in time. Its probably best to get it within the year when its free though for that period.
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Why are you forced to upgrade? I still run a small datacenter in my home on winME. I mean, sure you'd want to stay up-to-date to run games and such, but you're not FORCED to upgrade.
Also, I hope that once other low-level APIs get introduced we'll get away from this microsoft dominance. At this point Vulkan doesn't have to be better than DX12, it just needs not to be tied in with an OS that tracks the contents of your e-mails in Outlook.
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We already have Linuxes, hello.
The thing is that there are too few games (which means, developers) supporting Linux natively.
If somebody is not playing many games, or his whole library consists only of Linux-supported games, there's really no reason to stick with winshitdows.
SteamOS is supposed to change that, and somehow slowly it goes forward.
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Yoshitur pushitns ashitre noshitt veshitry goshitod.
Just sayin.
Though I should expect this from someone who chooses Cirno as an avatar. >:B
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Well the topic was with gaming at hand(since we're on "steamgifts") but if you want to go for another use yeh sure don't really need to upgrade and all; so basically there comes a time microsoft stop supporting the old windows and then there's DX12(you basically mentioned it). I don't know how successful Vulkan would be so I wouldn't comment much on Direct3D alternatives just yet but DX12 means better performance if we believe what microsoft is telling us so far.
But yeh, I think Vulkan might be a success since its based on Mantle which is already implemented by AMD in games and stuff but that will be possible if they are able to break the microsoft dominance.
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I don't think you're being forced, it's just no longer going to be free after that period. Then again they'll probably drop support for windows Vista, 7, and 8.1 pretty soon anyway
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And you're basing this on the fact that they provided support for Windows XP for 13 years? In the big corporate world things don't work quite like that.
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Vista support ends in 2017, 7 in 2020 and 8 in 2023. Support for XP has ended, but it is still working fine. As of last month, XP was ranked 3rd for most used OS on desktops and laptops with 11.98% of people still using it.
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I'm still running XP 14 years after it was released without any problems. Microsoft says they will support Windows 7 until 2020 and that doesn't mean it will stop working in 2020 since support for XP has ended and it still works fine.
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Wow what a great solitaire score! You should brag about it to all these hot local singles in your area!!!
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This guy's fucking playing solitaire without ads, and basically you're fucking retarded.
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Hrmm ... "Windows 10 itself is free". Linux is also free, and every modern distro comes with a huge variety of solitaire games, so what's the point?
I only use Windows for games anyway and do all my important stuff on linux.
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Click here for Windows patch 1.1 [Only $4.99] or [Free with ad support]
The future is scary.
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And I that was thinking it was a joke.....
AdBlock Windows 10 Edition coming soon!
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The only time when i play solitaire is when the internet is down which happens a few times in a year for 1 hour max. So i wouldn't see the adds anyway.
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That is such a whole new level of pathetic to the point that I am truly impressed.
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I'm not sure if it's a joke or not, anyway they can't put ads in a DirectX :\
btw IIRC it's like that on 8.1 too
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They can't? Bill Gates accepts your challenge!
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Funny, because Bill hasnt been apart of MS in YEARS. Satya Nadella is the current CEO.
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That's because he now spends all his time pushing vaccines and thinking of new ways to reduce the population of the world.
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Vaccines are a much needed thing for populations to remain alive, I dont see why you make it sound like "pushing for vaccines" is a bad thing.
Advocating for lower birthrates is not the same as expressing or hoping for some sort of genocide as you make it sound like.
Bit ironic that you make it sound like vaccines are bad, which saves hundreds of thousands of lives ever year, and then also say its bad to curb population growth in areas that simply cant maintain it, or need it once things like vaccines and modern medicine takes root.
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Because Microsoft owns Steam right?
Most of your games must be on the Windows Store.
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It works the same way as in Win 7....right click on the icon/programm and choose where you want to pin it.....
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Solitaire is only the beginning, so stop saying: "I don't care i don't play it! ;)
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Thats freaking awesome! An OS that comes with build in advertisement! It's like a wish come true!
(reading that article made me miss the BSOD)
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At least they could have made it a friggin once-off purchase....
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It's like this since Windows 8, so nothing new. Besides, I never had to watch any ad, maybe because I live in Poland, which is treated by Microsoft as third world country.
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Clearly Microsoft don't have enough money, lol. Maybe if they put their Flight Simulator on there or something but trying to monetise Solitaire is ridiculous. The greater issue is: are there any other ads in there? I'm not interested in an adware/freemium model for my OS.
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This is crossing the line. I really don't even know what to say.
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the question is: if u pay 100 bucks for that windows it comes with ads too?
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Nothing is sacred, everything is permitted.
Now, jokes aside, like article says: "Windows 10 itself is free, so complaining too much about this might seem ungracious. But I think that perhaps what we're getting here is a flash of insight into exactly why it's free. Fair trade?"
http://www.pcgamer.com/windows-10-solitaire-requires-a-subscription-to-remove-ads/
Question: Do you expect "this game required DX12 to run. Choose if you want ads infested DX12, or $10 a month DX12 Premium"?
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