Have to use Windows for work (I’ve asked), the ads have been getting worse and worse on my work laptop. Today got a game ad notification… That’s clearly too far, right? Like I have to clear notifications, so I have to see it

  • UnPassive@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    101·
    1 year ago

    It’s a work laptop We’re a small company - I still feel like calling our IT terrible instead of Microsoft is misguided though

    • ramble81@lemm.ee
      81·
      1 year ago

      Yeah there are ways to turn that off. Additionally business should be using Enterprise edition which doesn’t have the telemetry or that unneeded bloat. You have an incompetent IT department.

      • vonbaronhans@midwest.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, I’ve never had an ad like that on a work laptop, ever. A good IT dept will lock down the experience to minimize distractions for business purposes, and lock down features that aren’t appropriate for work.

      • UnPassive@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        I mean, I agree, but the problem isn’t just that I see this at work. I shouldn’t have to see it on a paid operating system. This is a normal user experience on Windows. Ads everywhere is annoying. I understand people can be proactive to disable this stuff, but I think it’s crumby of Microsoft to do