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AraceliHarker ◴[] No.35323471[source]
Microsoft has a funny way of selling us ‘productivity’ with Windows 11. On one side of the screen, they promise us a sleek and smooth user experience that will make our work easier and faster. On the other side, they bombard us with widgets full of celebrity gossip and sports trivia that have nothing to do with our lives. What’s the point of that? Are they trying to distract us from our work or from their work? Maybe if Windows 11 were free, we could forgive them for their sneaky attempts to get us hooked on Bing. But no, they want us to pay 200 dollars for this dubious privilege. How are we supposed to feel about that? Grateful? Impressed? Satisfied? I don’t think so.
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epolanski ◴[] No.35324116[source]
A win 11 pro license isn't 200$.

Also, I've never seen an ad in my win 11 installation, on win 10 it was trivial to remove them from start.

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layer8 ◴[] No.35324249[source]
Officially it is: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/d/windows-11-pro/dg7gmgf0d8h...
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1. Toutouxc ◴[] No.35326087[source]
Wow, this link shows $326 for my country. Even more expensive than most legit resellers.