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

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday May 16, 2016 @03:30AM 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.

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Re:Is it just me? by JustAnotherOldGuy · 2016-05-16 04:15 · Score: 5, Informative

...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.

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