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Windows has become an early 2000's webpage. Filled with ads, quiet installs, and nagging deceptive pop-ups.
Hey real quick, you want to make edge your default browser and talk to Cortana?...
"You have clicked no. Microsft Edge is your new default browser! How can I help you more with the microsoft experience?" - Cortana.
Reminds me of that tweet:
"Does microsoft understand concent?
I still love the older Windows like Windows XP way better. It really didn't do any of that shit. You just needed a pop up blocker.
7 was it for me. That XP start up sound and bliss hits me in the nostalgia.
just replace the old 'punch the monkey' with certain other faces...
and you'd get clicks like crazy.