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Microsoft Adding More Ads To Windows 10 Start Menu (theverge.com)

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the more-delight-and-annoyances dept.

Microsoft plans to double the number of promoted apps in Start menu. The change, which is scheduled to come with the upcoming Anniversary Update to Windows 10, will see the promoted apps count rise to 10. Tom Warren, writing for The Verge: Some promoted apps are pre-installed, but Microsoft notes that they can be fully uninstalled and any promoted items removed from the Start menu. Microsoft has not revealed exactly why the number of promoted apps is doubling, but it's likely that the company is using it as another method to attract developers to its Windows Store.

3 of 328 comments (clear)

  1. I Want Some! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

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  2. I miss Ballmer by Khashishi · · Score: 4, Funny

    There aren't enough chairs being thrown these days.

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    You've freely chosen it,

    Citation required.