Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer

Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by xoserr on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:22PM (#30676959)

Same here. I was done after Windows 7 for linux.

I would say I can't believe they are doing this but I can completely believe they are doing this.

I remember how much I liked Windows 2000 and then they had to "fix" it.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by Animats on Monday March 14, 2022 @10:19PM (#30681036)

I was reasonably happy with the NT 3.51 -> Windows 2000 -> Windows 7 line of Microsoft products. I skipped Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows XP. By Windows 7, Microsoft had finally figured out how to make it work, had dumped much of the DOS-era code, and had the consumer and pro versions unified into something good.

It's been downhill since then. Ads, subscriptions, and trying to make desktops look like phones.

Windows 7 is still 12% of the installed base, and that's not counting the ones that don't phone home to Redmond.

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