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Microsoft Targets Chrome Users With Windows 10 Pop-up Ad (pcmag.com)

Posted by msmash on from the we-will-never-change dept.

Google Chrome users on Windows 10 are apparently being treated to a new experience: a pop-up ad. From a PCMag report: If you have Chrome installed and the icon present on the Windows Taskbar, chances are you're going to start seeing a pop-up advert appear suggesting you install Microsoft's Personal Shopping Assistant Chrome extension. Microsoft touts it as "Your smart shopping cart across the web." Opting to install the extension results in Microsoft monitoring which products you've searched for and viewed while using Chrome, and then offering to compare those products to find the best price. There's also alerts when prices change, and the ability to track products across all your devices. Of course, Microsoft will make money if you opt to purchase any products using the Assistant.

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  1. Windows 10 makes computers Great Again! by Donald+J.+Trump · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey all you Slashdotters, President Pussy-Grabber here,
    I think Windows 10 is awesome! It walks right up to your computer and grabs it by the pussy, and I think that'll make computers Great Again! You should all stop using that 'linux' thing you all keep jabbering on about and just use this instead!

  2. Punch the monkey! by sinij · · Score: 5, Funny

    When OS start offering Punch The Monkey! ads you know all hope is lost.

  3. Opera by darkain · · Score: 5, Funny

    And this is exactly why I run Opera! Everyone just pretends it doesn't exist.

    1. Re:Opera by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 5, Funny

      I run Oprah, sometimes it gets bloated, but then it slims down again.

      --
      "That's the way to do it" - Punch
  4. Great business plan by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 5, Funny
    • Find the software heavily used in your platform
    • Run a OS level process to create pop ups and other annoyances which the popular software can not control and stop
    • Make it such a pain to use it you alternative browser looks better by comparison
    • ...
    • profit
    --
    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  5. Need more info - by the_skywise · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is this a one time thing, once a day, week, month? Does it show up on enterprise installs?

    It shouldn't be appearing AT ALL - but if it's a one time thing to show a new "feature" (cough, spit) I can begrudgingly acknowledge it.

    But this proves to me that the entire point of Windows 10 was not to ease computer usage or make it easier for me to get my work done or do more work but to turn all windows machines into store fronts for Microsoft.

    "Hi I'm clippy - I see you're trying to write a Word Doc and haven't typed for a few minutes - Would you like to buy a Red Bull - it gives you wings? YES, RIGHT NOW | SPECIFY DELIVERY TIME | CHOOSE A DIFFERENT DRINK"

  6. Re:Wait who's computer is it again? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    BSD: Free as in Speech
    Linux: Free as in Beer
    Windows 10: Free as in Herpes