• ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Ads in Windows 10 back in like 2017 were major contributing factors for me to switch back then. But then when I mentioned I got ads in Windows 10, people looked at me like I had two heads. Perhaps there was some kind of A/B testing going on, and I was the unlucky one. This followed a forced update from Windows 8 Professional to Windows 10 Home, so I lost some control over my PC in that transition, as they took Pro features away from me.

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      7 months ago

      I did a brief Google search if it’s possible to downgrade Pro to Home and that doesn’t look possible without a clean install.

      Home users experienced more ads than Pro users.

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        7 months ago

        Again, Windows 8 Pro, forcibly upgraded against my will, with no ability to decline, to Windows 10 Home. It wasn’t the same version of Windows downgraded from Pro to Home.