AMD driver now shits ads onto your desktop

>>60096532
Linux doesn't have this problem.

>>60096554
>implying linux users are worth advertising to

I was wondering why that came up last night.

BOTNET
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>>60096532
Putting a fucking shortcut on my desktop?! AMD have gone too far this time! FUCK AMD AND FUCK DRAMPH!!!

Hello Sir,

plz Delete this thread. Thank you Sir in advance

Kind Regards,
Rajesh

>>60096578
>implying linux users are stupid enough to let their computers be infested with ads

>Looks like AMD is making some $$ from it, a referral id is included in the final URL destination, too.
>AYYMD SO POOR, THEY NEED TO DO THIS FOR MONEY

TOP KEK, AYYMDPOORFAGS

>>60096532
>AMD silently install a shortcut icon on your desktop
>Nvidia silently install a constantly-running telemetry program

FUCK AMD

>>60096532
The only good way of playing games is having a PS4 Pro
That said you can customize an old ps3 and use it as your desktop. Install linux on it and enjoy the best CPU ever made.
You can install FreeBSD too.

>>60096532
maybe somebody assembling final driver package is swimming in cache by now

>>60096641
Are you implying we shouldn't complain about ads due to nvidias telemetry? Both are bad and should have never happened.

>>60096658
does the ps4 support quake champions beta?

Next week: AMD silently adds amazon affiliate links to your desktop

Next month: AMD silently changes your start page to yahoo.com

I'll just wait till the next driver

>>60096675
the custom PS3 with Linux/BSD does.
Plus you don't need jewtel telemetry to play it

>>60096675
>playing real games with console controller
nigga wut

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uh, haven't both driver installers on windows had ads in them for quite a long time?

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>>60096588
>I don't even know what botnet is but I just want to be cool

>>60096712
Bit of a difference between a slideshow during installation and leaving fucking referral links on your computer, imo

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>>60096641
>muh whataboutism

>>60096721
It's a fucking desktop shortcut. It takes literally two seconds to delete it. The manufactured, pretend outrage about stuff like this is hilarious.

Life of a pc gamer:
- Spyware 10
>Set to basic and tries to edit 46 registry entries to limit data collecting
- Steam
>10 min configuring offline mode and setting up firewall to not leak data to Denuvo third party servers
- Download latest AMD driver
>it doesn't improve the game it's just adding binary ads

How can western people be so stupid?

>>60096731
But you agree that Nvidia's practices are objectively worse, yes? I guess it's Intel graphics for you from now on, if AMD have crossed the line with this.

>>60096532
>it's ok when AMD does it

>>60096738
>pc
windows*

you can go bullshit and drm-free if you stick to;
- linux
- foss games
- GOG

>>60096750
For me, it's more that their performance is shit AND put forum spam-tier ads on your desktop.

>>60096772
PS4 is not DRM free but it's free of online checks and third party authentication.
Plus GOG is fine unless you are the typical brainwashed american that plays Ubisoft games

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>>60096532

I would've been okay with it if they used a real fucking URL

bitly a shit

>>60096795
i think i'll stick with my linux desktop and ps2

i'm literally shaking right now
i believed in you AMD

>>60096795
>Ubisoft games sell most in Europe
Jogging my noggin activating my almonds

>>60096532
I fucking told you retards this shit was going to happen
AMD is not DAH GOOD GUI, they are a corporation just like anyone else and the second they get their chance they will behave just like Intel and Nvidia

>being a poorfag
>buying amd

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>>60096532

>mfw I thought it was a free game but instead it's just a beta testing link

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>>60096930
>mfw I bought AMD because I thought they cared about me but instead they jew just as hard as nvidia

>>60096601
yes pajeet nice!! keep it up

>>60096532
holy shit I can't believe this is real

>>60096953
>that screen tear
lmao

oh look its fucking nothing

>>60096829
Someone post the almond screenshot

is there no legitimate tech company left?

It's true that amd fans are gay as fuck.

>>60096658
Has the performance improved with otheros++? When I did it, I could get better performance out of a Pentium 2

>>60096953
>people using my OC
feels good

>>60096704
There's no way that will run on the ps3

>>60096953
Buy used

Only way to fuck them over

>>60096532
so do we actually care about this or is it just who the fuck really cares?

>>60097096

>>60096691

>implying that this is where it stops

>>60097096
This attitude is the reason why your desktop will be full of mountain dew and doritos shortcuts in a year.

Fucking pajeet

>>60096578
Lol

>>60096736
The lengths youre going to excuse this is hikarious

So now the option is
>Have Links being made randomly on desktop
Or
>Literal Spyware
>>60096966

Real men code their own drivers.

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>>60096532
Well at least we now know AMD is so damn poor they cannot afford paid shills.

>>60097369
or competent hardware engineers, if ryzen is anything to go by

>>60096823
>Han använder Fönster

>>60097602
If Ryzen wasn't made by competent engineers, then Intel must be hiring beggars off the street for their CPU division.

>>60096736

I dont like shitting on AMD but no one has the right to do anything on my desktop. Is there a box to click it off during the update? Like when there is software offered with something you install but you can click it off.

>>60097369
Expect they can
Team Red+

the majority of them do it for free gladly

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>beggars
Jews as the chosen people

>>60097787

No.

>>60096532
>amd drivers
toppest lol

(((AMD)))

poorfags BTFO

>>60096622

They're stupid enough for Heartbleed

>Nvidia shills '''''concerned''''' about this when their drivers contain actual spyware.
Oy vey.

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>>60096532
DELET

>>60096532
Is this something that's presented as an option in the install that's enabled by default or is it just installed no matter what? This is important.

Amdfags will unironically defend this

>>60096578
linux users dont see ads, for the most part
same goes for the smarter windows and mac users

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>>60097165
>nvidia wasn't the first to start this avalanche of bullshit
This isn't wutaboutism. Objectively speaking, Nvidia launched these 1000 ships.

At least you can simple delete the fucking thing or just not fucking click it.

>>60098880
Already did faggot >>60098969. Objectively speaking, still far better than Goyforce experience
No one on /g/ is going to click that shit, but normies will click that "icon" no problem. Normies will subsidize our GPU purchases, this isn't a problem, it's a feature.

>>60096532
this is garbeeg

>>60096532
>express install
disgusting nonetheless

>amd
>bit*ly
What a joke pajeet company. Literally on the level of clickbait jewtube pajeet vids.

>bit ly link

Jesus christ, this is the most pathetic thing I have ever seen. Have they no fucking shame? They are practically begging for money.

lol poor """""people"""""

Guess we'll have to play on pootel's iGPU from now on since both nvidia and amd are doing this kind of shit LOL

>>60096601

No, fuck AMD AND iD software for doing this faggotry.

Overwatch is successful because it's stupid simple and low skill and rewards players with psychological awards.

Quake Arena might get the 40 something crowd to check it out who remember the original series.

But no one wants to be challenged in video games. They want rewards and progress to some mythological goal.

>>60098814

Got dam... go easy.

>>60099731
>But no one wants to be challenged in video games
I do.

>>60096673
>use AMD
>delete icon
>problem goes away

>Use Nvidia
>delete drivers
>problem goes away

One of these solutions leaves you without a working computer, can you figure out which one?

>le telemetry is bad meme
When did this start? Since when did telemetry start meaning "spying on me"?

>>60099782
DELETE THIS RIGHT NOW

>>60098876
After some looking, it appears that it isn't something you can opt out of when installing the update. Well at least FOSS drivers are still an option. The problem at the moment is just the installer for the drivers. So long as more companies don't start doing this with their firmware like Lenovo did, we're still good.

>>60099782
But removing the telemetry installed with Nvidia's drivers doesn't require deleting the drivers. Both Nvidia's and AMD's bullshit is just in their installers at the moment.

>>60099842
The telemetry program is built into the driver itself

>>60099124
>>60099179
Literally this, fuck amd

>>60099022
Wat? If you can just delete it and that makes it okay, why do you have an issue with "Goyforce experience" when you don't even need to install it?

>>60099861
No, it's not.

>>60099751

Congrats. You're a minority.

>>60099621

You mean AMD tech used on Intels iGPU?

>>60099921
Thanks for conceding your point.

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>Nvidia scans your entire machine for hardware and software configuration
>Tracks usage data
>Doesn't anonymise data
>comes with Facebook integration = shares data with Facebook

How is AMD the bad guy for putting a shortcut on your desktop?

>>60099940
Just because they're not as bad as Nvidia doesn't mean they're the good guys.

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>all the fucktards in this thread trying to turn this into an AMD vs Nvidia issue
>people are seriously trying to argue about what side they'd rather be fucked by

>>60099918
Yes, it is.

>>60100006
It's not surprising as /g/ has become neo-/v/.

>>60100044
If removing Nvidia's telemetry bullshit requires uninstalling the entire driver then why are there guides on how to only remove the telemetry bullshit? Let me guess, you're an idiot who doesn't know the different the installer for a driver and the actual driver.

>>60100098
Isn't telemetry part of Geforce experience? If that's the case, why would you need to remove the driver, when geforce experience is an optional component?

>>60100399
>Isn't telemetry part of Geforce experience?
No, it was recently added to the standalone installers without an opt out option. In order to opt out you have to manually remove the telemetry software after updating your drivers with the standalone installer.

>>60100502
Give me a source and tell me more, I want to find out what exactly this is.

I see everyone shitting on AMD for this being a bad thing, but didn't they just give you garantued acces to the quake beta? That's why it has a refferal link

>>60100533
Actually nvm, I know what you're talking about.

>>60100578
That would be good were the new quake not a steaming pile of shit.

>>60096578
Kek

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>>60096578
top fucking lel

>>60096554
Nor drivers

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>>60096622
``He said hoping people would forget about Amazon and Ubuntu doing just that.''

>>60101416
You fucking idiots really have no idea what a monopoly is lmao

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>>60096532

>>60099937

Thanks for missing mine.

No one makes profitable games for you.

>>60101825
>shrinking R&D of one participant of a duopoly doesn't inevitably create monopoly

You might as well write "Yes I am stupid and I really have no idea what I'm talking about"

>>60096641

Oh, you're another person parroting the OP of that thread without reading the article it wa slinking to, huh?

>>60102096
If you honestly think Intel is a monopoly you're a fucking retard
Intel literally has to give money to AMD and so do many of Intels brother corporations. You realize the second Intel hits monopoly levels it's divided up by the government and the company basically with shit itself right? Intel needs AMD to live.

>>60096622
I don't know, you have to be pretty fucking stupid to use Linux. Most freetards spend their time parroting FUD they read from clickbait articles.

>>60102373
>the second Intel hits monopoly levels it's divided up by the government

[THIS IS WHAT RETARDS ACTUALLY BELIEVE]

>>60102398
You seriously have no idea what you're talking about do you

>>60102398
have you even taken an economics class or have any idea how the US controls it's companies?

>>60096578
hilarious because true

>>60102416
>>60102445
>implying anybody in the government would move to break up the entity stuffing their pockets

You realize we live in an era with GOVERNMENT-SANCTIONED monopolies, right?

Nice samefagging, btw.

>>60102398
If you only knew how much Intel already gets bent over and fucked by the United States government.

>>60102499
Try again detective
Take your conspiracy theories elsewhere
Intel isn't a fucking monopoly, the only thing they basically have control over is the server market and that's just because AMD hasn't released anything server worthy, that's going to completely change with Naples and I know for a fact AMD can take atleast 30% of that marketshare if they play their cards right

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>>60102499
>>60102537
Forgot to image

>>60102537
Learn how to read, Quixote. I never said, implied, or insinuated that they were a monopoly.

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>>60102554

Can someone tell me how AMD is literally worse than nvidia for doing this? I don't think I've seen a properly hyperbolic comment like that yet.

>>60102723
>it's okay when AMD does it!

>>60102773
>dropping a url on your desktop is literally the exact same thing as installing actual fucking spyware on your system

>>60099805
When it stated recording your keystrokes and it became impossible to opt out of it

>>60102506
Like how they did nothing during the Intel bribing days during the Netburst era? Sure senpai

>>60102846
Oh, you mean Geforce Experience? It's optional, unlike the bitly link that's literally installed against your will.

>shits ads
>the installer literally asks u if u want quake installed and u have to press yes or no

down syndrome

>>60102952
I also shit outdated info that has been directly addressed multiple times into threads without reading them!

Wanna be friends?

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>>60096532
>AMD driver now shits ads onto your desktop
This is totally unacceptable. It's a complete outrage.

>>60096691
Yes, this is a slippery slope. We absolutely have to demand that they stop this NOW.

>>60096712
>>60096721
While it's not a nice thing to do it's nowhere near as bad.

>>60096750
>>60099782
I don't care what Nvidia or Intel are doing. If one person or corporation does something unacceptable then they should be held accountable for that. Oh someone else is doing something else that's bad isn't a valid excuse.

>>60099806
oh wee woo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLfHuClrQdI

>>60102952
you can just ignore or delete the link.
You can not disable GFE if you want to use any of its features. Using features you paid for should not involve being spied on.

I never install new drivers in the first week or so to avoid winding up with broken shit. Looks like I won't be installing this one at all.

>>60102961
Proofs? I've read elsewhere about this and no one said that.

>>60103512

He's just talking out of his ass, ignore him.

>>60102589
>Calls samefag
>Proves not samefag
>Y-You just inspect element
so basically you can call anyone a samefag no matter what proof they provide because you want to
Grow up

>>60102952
>link that's literally installed
Its literally just a shortcut link copied to your desktop.

>>60103148
>You can not disable GFE if you want to use any of its features. Using features you paid for should not involve being spied on.
You dont pay for GFE. That is retarded as saying AMD users paid for this shortcut to be placed on their desktop.

>>60096930
well to be fair, it's gonna be a typical f2p game when it's released

>>60097165
amd put a shortcut with a monetized pass through on the desktop, hate to say it like this, but call me when we have a real issue.

>>60099895
me personally, I dont have the nvidia control panel, which may be something I require to fix an issue i'm having so i will need to install the cancer to deal with an nvidia problem... ah the fun.

>>60096601
>>>/pol/

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This whole outrage thing probably could have been avoided if they didn't use a bitly link. At least they listen

>>60107530
Fake, source it not pajeet

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>>60107598
https://twitter.com/CatalystMaker/status/857766176910446596

>>60096532
And fixed
https://twitter.com/CatalystMaker/status/857766176910446596
Now tell me about the telemetry in nvidia's drivers :^)

>>60102952
>He forgot about his telemetry drivers

>>60107625
>Posting are my own and do not represent AMD

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>>60107625
Nvidia fanboy help in making amd driver ad free, thank you

>Nvidia puts telemetry in their driver and nobody bats an eye, AMD puts a referral shortcut to a free game beta on your desktop and everyone loses their minds.

Interesting

looks like nvidia wins again

>>60107685
>removing key words such as "not always"
>not testing it for yourself
DISTORTION FIELD

>>60107759
>implying there weren't at least 50 threads about the nvidia telemetry update

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>>60107812
>implying they removed it like AMD removed this

>>60096532
AMD already responded and removed the icon adding "Feature"

>>60107759
The first is in the background and the second literally changes something on your desktop without your permission.
Both are cancer. One is just insulting enough to piss people off.

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>>60107810
>>not testing it for yourself
I would test it but AMD's site is full of botnet javascript. If I can download it without subcuming to the botnet, i think it is safe to assume the adware is still in the drivers

>>60107759
Nvidiafag enjoy getting cucked

>>60096622
Linux users dont see ads because their OS is literally incompatible with the basic computing tasks needed to show an ad in the first place.
This would be considered a positive if it didnt make your computer fucking useless as a result.

>>60107759
>noone bats an eye
besides everyone who always bring it up
>amd does something bad but it´s totally fine because nvidia did something bad too

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>>60107842
>the botnet wants him to be wrong
How the fuck are you posting this?
AMD is a botnet because of java-script and PSP
Nvidia has telemetry in their drivers so they are definitely a botnet
Intel has ME so they're a botnet as well

Tell me you aren't a phone poster.

>>60107872
meanwhile the 1060 is outselling the 480 5 to 1

>>60107877
>Tell me you aren't a phone poster.
look at the file name

>>60107899
Fake news, crytominer buy alot r480

>>60107924
>cryto

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>>60107842
Still doesn't answer my question.
Also, doesn't 4chan require javascript? How are you posting?

>>60108015
>he doesnt outsource the captcha and javascript execution to pajeets on mechanical turk
fucking normalfags

>>60107899
>on Steam
lol

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>>60108051
It was an example faggot. You're willingly supporting the botnet, whether it be directly or indirectly.

You're a fucking hypocrite

>>60108068

>and everywhere else too

lol

>Reddit is down for maintenance

Ah! That's why this thread is here.

>>60096532
Guess it's still better than Nvidia drivers sending your data to them, unless you know how to disable it.

>>60099731
>But no one wants to be challenged in video games.
8 years after Souls games started turning the industry around

>>60096532
Jesus nigger fucking christ why is everything such shit

>>60107530
this faggot is still managing catalyst? good riddance

>>60109661
You still need to log-in with your account to use basic features. Nvidia is cancer.

>>60101950
>muh microtransactions are so much profits!
90% of microtransactions are just a means to launder dirty money harry.

>>60107391
It is a real issue, for now it is just a link with no user option to opt out wasting a few seconds of your time to delete. They have shown they have the motive to fuck with users, you can bet your ass they will eventually follow nvidia's example using more and more intrusive means.

If it is a link or advert showing inside the installer that you can choose to click and be redirected while it is downloading/installing that is not a problem since it is not intrusive, throwing shortcuts and links on your desktop without a clearly defined option to opt out let alone any option to opt out is akin to the practices of malware/adware infested installation packages you get from a seedy site or sites that try to bait you into installing third party bloatware.
You spent a sizable amount money on the hardware for fucks sake, and expect to be able to install drivers crucial for the device your bought to function without unnecessary junk. Nvidia take their bullshit a mile further but that does not excuse AMDs behavior in the least.

>>60109609
good

>>60096641
Microsoft wrote recently on their blog recently how telemetry helps avoid botched updates and improve the OS overtime. nVidia's intent is just the same as Microsoft's whereas AMD's shorten url misleads the user. You know who else uses strange urls to trick users? Malwares.

>>60109609
good faggot

Good enough thread to ask, is there any downsides to only installing AMD's driver and not the AMD Radeon Settings stuff?

>>60110423
>Microsoft wrote recently on their blog recently how telemetry helps avoid botched updates and improve the OS overtime.
Then why the hell do you always shit breaking after every update they release? Why the fuck is every new major build progressively worse than the last?

>>60110455
No.

It's garbage that's useless

Also whatever happened to custom drivers?

>>60110474
Because their hardware cannot into dx12

just updated my drivers. no shortcut. novidya lies. enjoy your botnet.

>>60099782
Implying nvidia drivers won't blow up your pc if left installed anyway.

But I like Quake Champions

>>60096532
>AMD installing adware
>Nvidia installing spyware
>Microdick installing spyware
>Intel selling hardware with backdoors
>Applel with no ports and iTakeitintheassOS
Computas are a mistake.

>>60110848
>.url file on desktop is adware

>>60110914
It's not really adware. It's a desktop icon link without permission. But it's still shitty.
Standard practice is for an installer to ask if you want an icon put on your task bar and so on.
Acting innocent about this gauranteed beta access being some good thing is stupid. They could have easily added a link to the finish page to the installer instead and there'd have been no issue.

>>60096953
Ryzen is a PROCESSOR not fucking GPU

>>60111878
Bitch what the fuck do you think the P in GPU stands for?

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>>60111906
power?

>nvidia installes spyware
>amd installes ads
wake me up

>telemetry = spyware
>telemetry = keylogger
You people are seriously retarded. And you can avoid AMD "ads" by just installing the driver without the bundle.