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

Posted by timothy on 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?

3 of 578 comments (clear)

  1. Cannot reproduce by Rhywden · · Score: 5, Informative

    Updated both my desktop and my laptop to build 10565 and am not seeing those suggested apps.

  2. Simple solution by Guspaz · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://www.classicshell.net/

    It's free. I installed it when I got tired of the Win10 start menu lag (if you press the start key and begin typing, the Win10 start menu will delay opening just long enough to miss one or two keystrokes).

  3. Re:If you did not pay for the product, you are one by Saithe · · Score: 5, Informative

    Win10 ignores the Host-file for certain Microsoft functions and simply bypass it.