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

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.

Comments

Classic Shell

[dejavu_1980]

Just install Classic Shell

Re:Classic Shell

[ITRambo]

Classic Shell is not banned as such, and likely won't be as it uses a Windows installer. But, updates to Windows may break Classic Shell, in which case the latest version needs to be downloaded and installed if one wants to keep the Windows 7 look and feel. Many of us thought the evil empire was dead when the new management took over. Instead, they've doubled down on stepping on consumer's toes by turning every annoying thing on that is in Windows 10. Enterprise users, the big money maker for MS, will be able to deploy images that are exactly what they want them to be. Others, nope, since Enterprise isn't sold as an upgrade from Windows Pro, or as a one pack. It's large volume purchase only.

Re:Is it just me?

[JustAnotherOldGuy]

...or does anyone else also think that ads have NO PLACE being in the freaking operating system?

Definitely not just you. It's just that Microsoft doesn't care what people want, Microsoft cares about what Microsoft wants.

ridiculous, but easily blocked

[argStyopa]

Let me be clear, I think pushing ads into the OS is pretty nearly the definition of dystopian and frankly obscene.

It is easy to block however:
http://bgr.com/2015/11/20/wind...
As CNET helpfully explained this week, you only need to follow a few steps to turn off ads:

Open the âSettingsâ(TM) menu
Click on âPersonalizationâ(TM)
Click on âStartâ(TM) at the bottom of the left-hand column
Find a heading labeled âoeOccasionally show suggestions in Startâ and turn the switch to the âOffâ(TM) position

BTW: take the opportunity while you're in settings to turn off ALL THE OTHER SHIT THAT'S ON BY DEFAULT in WIN10.

Re:Microsoft is imitating Facebook and Google? 2 Q

[lgw]

I understand that there are sometimes vulnerabilities that allow an OS to break out of the VM.

These are very rare and valuable. Much more so than a run-of-the-mill Linux privilege escalation exploit. You don't need a bank vault door on a house with glass windows.

The normal thing malware does when it detects a VM is immediately stop, or sometimes unhook itself, as a way to foil some malware detection engines and generally make life harder for security researchers.