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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How come THEY always get all the cool stuff? by Cajun+Hell · 2015-10-15 02:27 · Score: 5, Funny

It'll be years before XFCE gets this. By the time we get ads, everyone else will be all "yeah whatever, anachronistic loser."

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Sure we had ads ... by Anonymous Coward · 2015-10-15 02:30 · Score: 2, Funny

... but not in our dreams!
Re:why not? by Anonymous Coward · 2015-10-15 02:54 · Score: 2, Funny

Now that Linux has svchost.exe, er um systemd, the transition from Windows to Linux should be a smooth one.
Re:Cannot reproduce by Moof123 · 2015-10-15 03:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Big data says your a cheapskate and not worth the effort.
Re:This is it! by Darinbob · 2015-10-15 07:41 · Score: 3, Funny

I'm not sure I want Linus on my desktop.