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Re:Windows chief Terry Myerson out as Microsoft reorganizes by ocdtrekkie on Thursday March 29, 2018 @12:49PM (#16708571)
To be clear though, these "ads" are solely for Microsoft/Windows features, the most third party they get is being "suggested" apps on the Windows Store. Some people may not perceive them as "ads" (and Microsoft claims they aren't, as laughable as that is), because they are connected to Windows features, you'll never get sent to a third party webpage from these things.

And I don't think they're actually paid ads, for either the suggested apps or the rare occasion they've put an "ad" as the lock screen background. They've promoted the Surface on it before, and then for Tomb Raider, I think they were mostly pushing the idea of "hey, you can get games in the Windows Store now", rather than it necessarily being a paid campaign with the game studio.

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Re:Windows chief Terry Myerson out as Microsoft reorganizes by mscrivo on Thursday March 29, 2018 @01:03PM (#16708707)
They put "suggestions" for 3rd party apps right in the start menu. There's no way they're intelligently suggesting those apps either because they pop up almost immediately after a fresh install, and are often about games.
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Re:Windows chief Terry Myerson out as Microsoft reorganizes by Nullabillity on Thursday March 29, 2018 @01:17PM (#16708854)
> And I don't think they're actually paid ads, for either the suggested apps or the rare occasion they've put an "ad" as the lock screen background. They've promoted the Surface on it before, and then for Tomb Raider, I think they were mostly pushing the idea of "hey, you can get games in the Windows Store now", rather than it necessarily being a paid campaign with the game studio.

So you're saying MS doesn't profit if you buy a Surface or something from the Windows Store?

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Re:Windows chief Terry Myerson out as Microsoft reorganizes by ocdtrekkie on Thursday March 29, 2018 @01:44PM (#16709158)
No, nor I didn't suggest otherwise.
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