Microsoft Now Uses Windows 10's Start Menu To Display Ads (betanews.com)

Posted by timothy on Thursday October 15, 2015 @02:20AM from the continue-in-5-4-3-2-1 dept.

Mark Wilson writes: We've all become used to the idea of ads online — it's something that has become part and parcel of using the internet — but in Windows? If you've updated to build 10565 of Windows 10, you're in for something of a surprise: the Start menu is now being used to display ads. We're not talking about ads for Viagra, porn, or anything like that, but ads for apps. Of course, Microsoft is not describing them as ads; 'Suggested apps' has a much more approachable and fluffy feel to it. Maybe. This is a 'feature' that's currently only being shown to Windows Insiders, but it could spread to everyone else. Will it be well-received?

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Re:If you did not pay for the product, you are one by FlyHelicopters · 2015-10-15 04:38 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Since about 2011, we've done over 30 such systems, and in most cases
Wow, you've done... like OVER 30 such things in 4 YEARS?
Yea, that is really gonna cut into Windows marketshare right there.

We showed them several traffic analysis done on an "uncastrated" copy of Win10. In both cases, the owners opted for us to install Linux on their systems.
All two of them, huh?
Yea, the "Year of the Linux Desktop" is right around the corner.