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minus-squarekamenLady@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoYou’re telling me, that Windows now shows ads in the start menu? Sorry, it’s probably a stupid question, but i haven’t used windows since XP.
minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-211 months agoMost are in your system notifications but you’ll have “suggested apps” in the start menu for easy one-click installs When you try to log out you’ll see ads for OneDrive and Office 365 apparently There’s this https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do-i-remove-ads-from-windows-11-start-menu/acee8751-31e3-4abd-8caa-28ae7ba486fe
minus-squarekamenLady@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoWow - that’s really something. It could almost be compared to Google’s feed, included in the pixel launcher… For some time now, every 5th or 6th card is an ad … And over time they slowly look just like the normal news cards. Yeah, nowadays we’re getting ads forced upon us - one way or the other ads have to be seen, preferably clicked on, by us.
minus-squareMJBrune@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoThat’s not really ads though.
You’re telling me, that Windows now shows ads in the start menu?
Sorry, it’s probably a stupid question, but i haven’t used windows since XP.
Most are in your system notifications but you’ll have “suggested apps” in the start menu for easy one-click installs
When you try to log out you’ll see ads for OneDrive and Office 365 apparently
There’s this
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do-i-remove-ads-from-windows-11-start-menu/acee8751-31e3-4abd-8caa-28ae7ba486fe
Wow - that’s really something.
It could almost be compared to Google’s feed, included in the pixel launcher…
For some time now, every 5th or 6th card is an ad … And over time they slowly look just like the normal news cards.
Yeah, nowadays we’re getting ads forced upon us - one way or the other ads have to be seen, preferably clicked on, by us.
That’s not really ads though.