Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer

Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by anothernewdude on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @05:38AM (#30683348)

And now 10 is the last version.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by andi999 on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:14PM (#30677647)

They did.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by Nextgrid on Monday March 14, 2022 @06:15PM (#30679150)

Until Apple moved on, then obviously they had to respond, because waging a version number war is better than actually making a decent, usable OS.

Hint: people don't buy Macs because they're at version 11 (or 12 now), they buy it because the experience is much more polished than whatever Microsoft has been puking out in the last decade.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by gruez on Monday March 14, 2022 @04:55PM (#30678174)

AFAIK it was a random windows dev that said that, not some official company communication/promise.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by t-writescode on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:09PM (#30678364)

https://www.pcmag.com/news/windows-10-the-last-version-of-wi...

> Microsoft's developer evangelist Jerry Nixon made the announcement at the company's Ignite conference in Chicago last week.

That's a bit more than "a random dev".

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by gruez on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:26PM (#30678577)

I'm not sure about you, but "developer evangelist" sounds pretty rank and file to me. Searching his name he's apparently now a "Senior Software Engineer" on linkedin (can't click in, getting a login wall), which supports this.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by t-writescode on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:28PM (#30678594)

This person, as an evangelist, spoke at an official event run by the company. That's why I think they're special.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by gruez on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:34PM (#30678671)

You'd think that something as important as "we won't ever launch more editions of our most popular piece of software ever" would be disseminated more widely and across more channels than one "developer evangelist" interview in a conference? If that's real (ie. some sort of position that senior management actually approved), that is.

I don't doubt he thought he was telling the truth, or that there was a general sense within the organization that windows 10 was going to get continually updated rather than having new editions every 3 years. Windows 10 did adopt this model for 6 years. But painting it as some sort of official promise from the organization seems tenuous.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by t-writescode on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:38PM (#30678720)

I think we're agreeing, but yelling past each other

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by gruez on Monday March 14, 2022 @06:17PM (#30679172)

Right, I concede that "developer evangelist [...] at the company's Ignite conference" is slightly more reputable than just "random dev". That said I don't believe it materially changes the argument.

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Re:Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer by conradfr on Monday March 14, 2022 @05:25PM (#30678552)

They also always say this is the Windows where upgrades won't require a reboot (since maybe XP?).

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