Microsoft pushes ads for Windows 10 in a security update

i recently got me a wireless adapter for my xbox one gamepad (to be used on my PC). turns out that I needed a firmware update (!) on said gamepad to be able to use the adapter. wow. of course this wasn't documented, i just figured it's the last thing to try.

that's not the worst though, turns out it is also only possible to update the firmware through an app running exclusively in win10, to be downloaded only through the MS store. so of course I also need a windows live login to use their shite store.

once i started the win10 VM i was seriously flabbergasted about the actual amount of advertisments, news and whatever that was presented to me. i mean it was friggin everywhere. as soon as i typed sth into the startmenu bing(?) results popped up even before local results. wtf. No way I will _ever_ use that piece of crap os. hopefully valve gets their steam os running soon. btw, at least the controller works as intended now.

I guess MS wants to concede even more of the high-end desktop market to Apple. Shrug.