@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 7 months agoMicrosoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menuwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square156fedilinkarrow-up1472arrow-down112 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]technology[email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink49•edit-27 months agoAlthough not the same, this has been going on for about two years now. Jensen Harris, a former MS engineer, criticized the ads as well as the design of the new Start Menu, over here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1564399431545667585.html
minus-squareAltima NEOlinkfedilinkEnglish14•7 months agoWeren’t they doing this as far back as windows 8?
minus-square@SanctuslinkEnglish14•7 months agoIt just highlights the downward spiral to user hostility becoming the standard. Pretty sad.
Although not the same, this has been going on for about two years now. Jensen Harris, a former MS engineer, criticized the ads as well as the design of the new Start Menu, over here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1564399431545667585.html
Weren’t they doing this as far back as windows 8?
It just highlights the downward spiral to user hostility becoming the standard. Pretty sad.