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Re:Latest build of Windows 11 has ads inside File Explorer by GekkePrutser on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:34PM (#30690269)
> “This was an experimental banner that was not intended to be published externally and was turned off,” says Brandon LeBlanc, senior program manager for Windows, in a statement to The Verge.

That they were even experimenting with this shows a complete lack of respect for the user though... :X

Re:Latest build of Windows 11 has ads inside File Explorer by naikrovek on Tuesday March 15, 2022 @03:59PM (#30690683)
ehh, maybe. depends what they were experimenting with. I've tacked very out-of-place things into code I was already working on solely because I was very familiar with the code I was working on and I wanted to try something. I know this is a common thing and that others do it. I am not saying it is a good idea.

is that what MS did? I dunno, probably not, but it's possible.