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Microsoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menu (www.theverge.com)

submitted 7 months ago by dvdnet62@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 7 points 7 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The software maker will use the Recommended section of the Start menu, which usually shows file recommendations, to suggest apps from the Microsoft Store.

“This will appear only for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel in the US and will not apply to commercial devices (devices managed by organizations),” says Microsoft in a blog post.

The app promotions can be disabled in the Settings section of Windows 11, but it appears that Microsoft will enable these by default.

Microsoft is seeking feedback on the changes, so it’s possible the company could decide to ditch these ads in development builds of Windows 11 if there’s enough feedback that suggests they’re not going to be a popular addition.

Microsoft started testing ads inside the File Explorer of Windows 11 last year before disabling the experiment in beta versions of Windows 11.

Microsoft has been experimenting with ads inside Windows for more than 10 years.

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[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

I keep seeing headlines like this all the time. I'm over here like "This has already been a thing for years". Whenever I'd setup a win10 pc for someone, I'd have to clean the ads out of the start menu as part of the setup. So I ask again, how is this any different from the bullshit we're already dealing with?

[–] TheHottub@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

It's like they want to go out of business

[–] Bonesince1997@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Maybe this is why you can't have a toolbar on the taskbar, to force you into the start menu more.

[–] polle@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago

The wierd part is, if i think about my star menu usage in win10, there hardly is one. The important programs are on the task bar. The Startmenu isn't as much needed as used to be. Still sucks though.

[–] supangle@lemmy.wtf 3 points 7 months ago

i'm daily driving mint for a month now and i appreciate i did

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If Microsoft does that I'm wiping out my laptop and going back to Linux*

* only reason I moved away is I bought a new laptop to replace my 2010 Mac mini that ran LinuxMint, and the laptop came preloaded with Windows 11 and I decided to just keep using it as-is as I liked the UI.

Fun fact: it is not an entirely new idea. Microsoft did something similar with Active Desktop in Windows 98 but was later removed.

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