Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

* Microsoft says it’s starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.*

You can deactivate this * feature * for now but windows 11 looks like an mobile phone menu already

[Electric Cupcake]

Escrito originalmente por D. Flame:

this is why they intentionally broke things like classic shell

Seriously? This is worse than when Ballmer was in charge.

[Fumo Bnnuy n Frends]

Escrito originalmente por TekFan:

I had a conversation Yesterday with a tech expert. Pucker your butt cheaks, Windows subscription fees are next.

Or at least that was the theory. Wouldnt surpise me.

no that's already a thing being done lol

this is where sadly but firmly

people start to make certain 3rd party sites and apps to by pass all that red sticker tape and exhorbant fees

[Sir Dookface McFerretballs]

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Escrito originalmente por TekFan:

I had a conversation Yesterday with a tech expert. Pucker your butt cheaks, Windows subscription fees are next.

Or at least that was the theory. Wouldn't surprise me.

Stop and think

Currently it retails at most £120 (keys going for as little as £20) no matter how long you use it.

What would this sub be priced at when we consider it was 6 years between 10 to 11. What about admin/banking costs as now we are not processing a person once but 12 times a year.

M$ want to do 1-3 year releases of a "New OS".

They know gamers are one of the biggest draws so they will tie it to running the "newest" games on whatever arbitrary "Direct X Update" they release.

ALL games need to be made with VULKAN support as standard to get away from the "Direct X" crap.

Klaus Schwab at the WEF and all the evil politicians and corporations that are a part of it WANT you to "Own Nothing" and for everything in life to be "Subscription Based".

[Γαῖα]

Escrito originalmente por Equinox:

Escrito originalmente por TekFan:

I had a conversation Yesterday with a tech expert. Pucker your butt cheaks, Windows subscription fees are next.

Or at least that was the theory. Wouldnt surpise me.

Very possible. Windows 11 is already forcing you to make a Microsoft account when you run your newly installed OS for the first time, unless you type a CMD code.

And like i asked before you posted, how much considering the current costs i displayed is that sub going to be and what unnecessary costs will that mean for processing not once but 12 times a year for not only businesses but banks ?

Also how is it not anti competition if other retailers cant sell licences/keys like they currently do ?

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

boot ads, click here to continue booting
skip ads with bios boot subscription

[Uncle Sam]

Is Micro$oft that stupid & greedy despite being one of the few Multi Trillion dollar worth Corporation? Or do they think their customers are that level of stupid?

[D. Flame]

Escrito originalmente por Electric Cupcake:

Escrito originalmente por D. Flame:

this is why they intentionally broke things like classic shell

Seriously? This is worse than when Ballmer was in charge.

Yeah, I mean them pushing ads in the start menu wouldn't mean a whole lot if you could just disable it and use a Windows 7 style start menu instead.

[Uncle Sam]

Escrito originalmente por HypersleepyNaputunia:

boot ads, click here to continue booting
skip ads with bios boot subscription

Idk even if you paid for the "premium" suscription in Amazon you still watch ads AFAIK...
So what's stopping Micro$oft to taking it one step further? Might as well go full Konami pseudo-casinos while at it.

[Pocahawtness]

Escrito originalmente por TekFan:

I had a conversation Yesterday with a tech expert. Pucker your butt cheaks, Windows subscription fees are next.

Or at least that was the theory. Wouldnt surpise me.

My guess on this is that they will force people down two routes. You either accept adverts or you pay a monthly fee.

I have no doubt though that it will start a war between the users and Microsoft, creating new and inventive ways to block adverts and ways to bypass those blocks.

[Pocahawtness]

Escrito originalmente por Uncle Sam:

Is Micro$oft that stupid & greedy despite being one of the few Multi Trillion dollar worth Corporation? Or do they think their customers are that level of stupid?

Most people haven't paid for their copy of Windows.

[Pocahawtness]

Escrito originalmente por Mr Jt (Gog is king):

* Microsoft says it’s starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.*

You can deactivate this * feature * for now but windows 11 looks like an mobile phone menu already

This is always what the Start menu was for and the reason you couldn't get rid of "Recommended".
I am pretty sure that once Microsoft start using this, there will be ways to block it.

[Fostin4]

Escrito originalmente por B:

Escrito originalmente por Mr Jt (Gog is king):

* Microsoft says it’s starting to test ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11. The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.*

You can deactivate this * feature * for now but windows 11 looks like an mobile phone menu already

Pi hole blocks ads at the router level. Just saying.

*laughs in Pi-Hole*

[AdahnGorion]

Escrito originalmente por Γαῖα:

Escrito originalmente por TekFan:

I had a conversation Yesterday with a tech expert. Pucker your butt cheaks, Windows subscription fees are next.

Or at least that was the theory. Wouldn't surprise me.

Stop and think

Currently it retails at most £120 (keys going for as little as £20) no matter how long you use it.

What would this sub be priced at when we consider it was 6 years between 10 to 11. What about admin/banking costs as now we are not processing a person once but 12 times a year.

It will be like office, a yearly sub to use and if you stop, then you get locked out.

Most will just pay the new 100 euro sub a year

[Ȼħⱥꞥꞥēł8753452]

Remember when you got windows with your computer and didn't have to worry about all this garbage?

Escrito originalmente por TekFan:

I had a conversation Yesterday with a tech expert. Pucker your butt cheaks, Windows subscription fees are next.

Or at least that was the theory. Wouldnt surpise me.

So you PAY for your computer and then you'd have to pay to use windows?!? Yikes...

If it goes in that direction I could see it starting with only being a sub for new updates.

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Escrito originalmente por AdahnGorion:

Escrito originalmente por Γαῖα:

Stop and think

Currently it retails at most £120 (keys going for as little as £20) no matter how long you use it.

What would this sub be priced at when we consider it was 6 years between 10 to 11. What about admin/banking costs as now we are not processing a person once but 12 times a year.

It will be like office, a yearly sub to use and if you stop, then you get locked out.

Most will just pay the new 100 euro sub a year

Most will skip to another os darkie once that happens. It’s a win for Linux etc