Would You Use Ad-Supported Windows?

An anonymous reader writes "ZDNet reported earlier this week that Microsoft was thinking of offering an Ad-Supported version of Windows. A blog post by John Carroll offers some reasons why Ad-Supported Windows makes sense. From the article: '4. More revenue through targeted marketing: The holy grail of marketing is to target an audience with the sort of ads that most appeal to them. Sending a bunch of male programmers advertisements for breast enlargement isn't terribly useful. Sending a bunch of male programmers advertisements for a four hour extended version of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan is useful.' Is there any situation where you can see yourself open to the possibility of using an Ad-Supported operating system?"

Comments

Let's not make assumptions here...

[yoyhed]

Sending a bunch of male programmers advertisements for a four hour extended version of Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan is useful.

He assumes all programmers like stupid bullshit like Star Trek.

Re:Not yet ad-supported

[DurendalMac]

Nah, to make it ad supported, all they'd need to do is take small kickbacks from those guys.

Re:Two good uses

[Phisbut]

Why is everyone so "OK" with the idea of getting things for "free" through being shown ads?

People are greedy, they like getting things for free, even if it's crap. They don't realize that watching an ad is paying with your soul. Those people only value money.