Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10

Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by IpV8 on Friday November 16, 2018 @12:49PM (#18470423)

What do you mean tomorrow? When I open my start menu today I see ads for a bunch of games and apps that I don't have installed. When I see my lock screen I see a pretty nature photo with a couple of clickbait phrases on it like "If you think that this place is peacefull, then..."

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by rzzzt on Friday November 16, 2018 @02:10PM (#18471144)

Suggested apps can be turned off from the right-click context menu on one of the items: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/faq/id-3250630/turn-suggested-...

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by thephyber on Friday November 16, 2018 @08:30PM (#18473351)

While what you say is true, the gp's point is that Windows is already pre-installing crapware. The Start Menu icons were still pre-installed, even if you can remove/uninstall them and even if the apps they represent weren't pre-installed.

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by rzzzt on Saturday November 17, 2018 @03:41AM (#18474633)

I agree; my comment was not intended as a dismissal to the underlying issue.

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by bpchaps on Friday November 16, 2018 @10:26PM (#18473751)

The first time I opend the start menu on Windows 10 after mostly using linux, it included news about Kim Kardashian. Since then, my thoughts have been sealed about Windows.

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by nojvek on Saturday November 17, 2018 @12:44AM (#18474170)

I used to work for Microsoft on Edge Browser. Our tests ran on a clean version of Windows. Seeing the ads pop up in start menu, MSN homepage on Edge, little squares ads on bing page made me a bit miserable, day by day.

The default experience was garbage thrown in your face.

The leadership had to drive revenue growth and msn/ads were a money maker. That’s how they get promoted and we had to play their game.

Seeing that ladder chasing culture made me quit.

Very few companies actually legit give a shit about their users and the user experience. It’s so easy to blindly do things that annoy users but make a quick buck.

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by signal11 on Sunday November 18, 2018 @07:50AM (#18480126)

OOBE on Windows 10 has gone to the dogs. Live Tiles on the default Windows 10 Start Menu — especially if you buy an OEM laptop — look gaudy and distract you from the task at hand. I just wish Microsoft realised that this is making Apple’s systems more attractive.

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by danbolt on Saturday November 17, 2018 @12:39AM (#18474155)

Same thing! After using Linux abroad I started a new job using a Windowns 10 workstation and it showed me a picture of the President of the United States. It took a while to get the menu cleaned up too.

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by signal11 on Sunday November 18, 2018 @07:52AM (#18480139)

I just paid $5 for Start10. No more default Win10 Start menu, ever. Best $5 I ever spent. There are free options too, like Classic Shell.

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by navaati on Friday November 16, 2018 @01:54PM (#18471005)

What bugs me to no end is that I really like the photos, and the text ads in it ruin it !

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by jboles on Friday November 16, 2018 @03:45PM (#18471813)

Bing Desktop is still around -- you can get daily pretty nature pics, without the overlaid ads. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=358...

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Re:Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10 by matty22 on Friday November 16, 2018 @01:16PM (#18470659)

That lock screen really chaps my jimmies. Either tell me what you want to tell me or shove off.

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