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		saghm on May 2, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Microsoft, currently the most valuable company, is... I think it's a lot more plausible that Microsoft could still do fine with Windows if they took out ads than that Linux would be doing much better in the desktop market if they started bundling in ads.

MagicPropmaker on May 2, 2019 [–]

I run Windows 10 as my primary operating system. We do Erlang, and C++/CUDA programming here.

Are there ads? I've never seen anything other than a very occasional promotional tile for a Microsoft product. Apple cross-promotes, too.

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