Hey there. Me again. 2 days later and there’s another ad:

And you’re not so big!

You’re really committed to this bit, aren’t you?

LOL you don’t get to call it “the same ad” when it pops up in different places just because it’s for the same deal

Look, another 3 days later, another ad:

This time a pop-up ad when I opened my VPN! Fun! But don’t worry, it only happens 1-2x/year…

I never would have guessed anywhere near 400k, that’s wild!

It is not a button to turn on a feature, it’s an invitation to spend more money (AKA an ad). You don’t even know what you’re talking about.

That’s not an ad!? WTF is it then?

After provisioning a PC with a Windows 11, version 24H2 monthly cumulative update released on or after July 2025 (KB5062553), various apps such as StartMenuExperiencehost, Search, SystemSettings, Taskbar or Explorer might experience difficulties.

Oh look there’s another ad today. A week later. But yeah, it’s only once or twice a year.

No tangible difference.

I’m gonna call it: apathy

Honestly I wish they would just go back to making operating systems. Linux is far too complicated and janky for me to use outside of gaming on Steam. And Apple hardware is a bad combination of absurdly expensive and disposable. I’d gladly pay for a system that simply facilitated my needs and wasn’t incessantly harassing me to buy shit I didn’t want or need in an effort to extract more money.

Well hey, they did (supposedly?) fix that 10 year old bug where it would restart after you told it to shut down, so there’s that.

The top bar shows you:

1. Date and time
2. What workspace you’re in
3. What apps you’re actively running
4. Internet connection
5. If Caffeine is running

These are all important information to have at a glance, in my opinion. If you don’t think so, you can remove it. Simple as.

I use it as well with automation and can confirm. Unfortunately with Simple fun you do have to manually sync accounts but it’s a small price to pay. Just have to remember to hit the sync button when you open the dashboard.

Nowhere is safe from AI spam. At least these ones are obvious. Written spam is far easier to generate.

We’re going to need another project like SponsorBlock and Dearrow for labeling AI spam…

Articles are incentivized to elaborate beyond what is even remotely necessary, link back to no one but themselves themselves, repeatedly, and to serve ads and extract personal information for sale while they’re doing it.

So you’ll have to excuse some of us looking for the tl;dr

You’re just lying.

I’m not strawmaning you

No, you’re saying something I haven’t said is wrong. I keep telling you it’s not once or twice, and yet you still keep arguing with the idea of once or twice. That’s the very definition of a strawman.

you already pointed out it doesn’t happen often enough to fit that characterization.

I did not. You made that up. I’ve been using the platform for several years. It has refused to cease, despite my protests. Again, the definition of incessant.