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

[Dom]

If being recommended an app every now and then that isn't even a notification or anything like that is too intrusive then that says more about the user of the OS than Microsoft.

On the other hand, several Linux distributions have had the same. Ubuntu had Amazon Ads in their UI. But I guess those are "better" ads or something since they are Linux ads?

[Mr Jt (Gog is king)]

Never had one ad showing up on Linux and it will never happen

[D. Flame]

Publicado originalmente por Dom:

If being recommended an app every now and then that isn't even a notification or anything like that is too intrusive then that says more about the user of the OS than Microsoft.

On the other hand, several Linux distributions have had the same. Ubuntu had Amazon Ads in their UI. But I guess those are "better" ads or something since they are Linux ads?

Try Linux Mint (Cinnamon).

https://youtu.be/kUC9RbrS0q0?si=CFow8K-FyG40GdoB&t=21

[Candyy]

Publicado originalmente por Sir Dookface McFerretballs:

Every time I see one of the multibillion-dollar companies force and ad, I make sure TO NEVER BUY THE THING ADVERTISED.

Highly doubt you never bought something that was advertised in ads... Every company advertises themselves

[AdahnGorion]

Publicado originalmente por Mr Jt (Gog is king):

Publicado originalmente por AdahnGorion:

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

I am not so sure.
People said the same with office, yet only nerds and people without work/school access use free software instead.

How many use subs for games? What about tv series or sport.. what about name x or y service... everything is sub based, if the product is strong enough, then many will adapt.

I would most likely go more on Linux again, but I am an minority

[AD]

Publicado originalmente por Dom:

If being recommended an app every now and then that isn't even a notification or anything like that is too intrusive then that says more about the user of the OS than Microsoft.

On the other hand, several Linux distributions have had the same. Ubuntu had Amazon Ads in their UI. But I guess those are "better" ads or something since they are Linux ads?

Those Amazon ads were very controversial, if memory serves. And they were removed.

[isomorphic_projection]

Publicado originalmente por Ghost Robertson:

I hope us on windows 10 aren't forced onto windows 11 by steam (like with windows 7), I'm not so sure about building that new computer anymore.

They update it slowly, and before you know it. The only thing missing is the number 11. They have always done it like that. And we all know what the core system still is, just plain old DOS with apps.

[apathy]

Its gonna do wonders for performance let me tell you.

Windows 10 and 11 are hot garbo already. Oh my f**king god, you can't even use Photo Viewer to look at family photos in a slideshow, without causing a memory leak in Shell Infrastructure! The CPU usage will run into the 90% range.

You have to go to settings and assign a different 3rd party app to look at your images and photos to stop your computer crashing. This isn't supercomputing, weather modelling, or running a AAA game, this is just looking at PNGs and JPEGs!!

Fix your s**t Microsoft.

[ZZZZZ]

win 10 has them since eternity lol

[76561199648916059]

It won't take long for someone to remove the ad by disabling one of the many pointless services running in the back ground.

[Xautos]

Publicado originalmente por Mr Jt (Gog is king):

Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu
* 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

Guess what? You and the 95% of all other users on this platform are the problem, you enable their horrible behaviour. Now why would you or anyone else be surprised by this outcome? Subscriptions to use the higher and better parts of the service, adverts all over the place, more monitoring tools with even more intensive data gathering all under the guise of telemetry of the software to improve it and marketing of services, when it's all about controlling what you do and the information they collect and sell to 3rd parties.

when are you lot going to wake up and stop enabling them? I suspect never, but that's all your problem.

i'll watch from the sidelines on Linux.

[LeviathanWon]

Linux has it own problems with a few side show actors. Pretty Sad, micsoft is a pretty weak company now anyways.

[Morkonan]

Publicado 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

Anyone else remember when Micro$oft was discovered setting the stage for this and they denied it? I bet Linux does...


At this point, Micro$oft is doing more harm than good. It's long past the time when corporate leaders should be subject to prison sentences instead of just paying meaningless "fines."

[vkobe]

Publicado originalmente por Nargo:

Users start testing other operating systems such as macOS, chromeOS, and Linux.

macos ??? they are worse than window

[HypersleepyNaputunia]

pepperidge farms remembuhs when you used and os and an os didnt use you