alt Hacker NewsYes, it's annoying and particularly egregious by MS, but is there any perfect OS out there?
Apple also regularly has quality issues and makes questionable OS design decisions. I feel more in control of my OS experience with Windows than macOS.
With Linux you tend to have the freedom to change it however you want, but I'm not looking to invest my time into understanding the intricacies of Linux when Windows exists and out the box already does the job more than adequately, and essentially hassle free, for my purposes.
It's not perfect, but it's not nearly as bad as some people make out.
There's no perfect OS. But for me at least, ads are worse than the other flaws I have to tolerate in another OS. This is obviously a question of taste but I really hate ads in a product that I paid good money for.