Lock screen ads are a popular way for mid- and low-budget smartphone makers to subsidize costs, but Americans have largely been able to avoid them until now. Get ready for that to change.
And this is why we don’t use proprietary software, comrades.
(Yes, I am aware FOSS alternatives aren’t always a drop-in easy solution and that you can’t personal choices your way out of structural issues. I’m a Marxist, of course I understand systemic problems. I’m just saying. At the least, for personal computers that are used for personal computing, unless you need very specific programs and cannot use alternatives, there is a relatively easy and reasonable FOSS solution to OS issues.)
For now, until they force it on everyone and offer a $20/month plan to remove them.
In a couple of years maybe.
Pay 50$ to use your OS without ads, and an extra 5$ to remove preinstalled apps.
And this is why we don’t use proprietary software, comrades.
(Yes, I am aware FOSS alternatives aren’t always a drop-in easy solution and that you can’t personal choices your way out of structural issues. I’m a Marxist, of course I understand systemic problems. I’m just saying. At the least, for personal computers that are used for personal computing, unless you need very specific programs and cannot use alternatives, there is a relatively easy and reasonable FOSS solution to OS issues.)
I’m not sure it will take that long; Kindles already work on this model.