Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’

Re:Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to b... by belval on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @01:58PM (#30701934)

My favorite conspiracy theory is that they do plan to add ads in the file explorer but only in 2-3 years. They leak it now so they get some flak but they just say "oh no we won't actually do it". Then when they actually roll it out people don't get as angry as the first time and they just leave it.

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Re:Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to b... by lloydatkinson on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:02PM (#30701984)

Like when they said multiple times "Windows 10 is the last version of Windows as it will be a rolling release" and then pretended after they never said that in order to satisfy some product manager's desire to release a new version so they could add it to their resume.

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Re:Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to b... by shamiln on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:19PM (#30702185)

Did they actually say that?

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Re:Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to b... by CrazedGeek on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:26PM (#30702271)

Yes, but no. One of their developer evangelists said it on stage at a conference, but the company wouldn’t confirm it: https://www.pcworld.com/article/394724/why-is-there-a-window...

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Re:Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to b... by Nextgrid on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @06:48PM (#30705124)

I suspect that changed once macOS went to version 11.

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Re:Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to b... by psyc on Thursday March 17, 2022 @01:43AM (#30708047)

"Why don't we just make 10 better and make 10 be the last number and make that a little better?"

"Theirs goes to 11."

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Re:Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to b... by walrus01 on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:47PM (#30702469)

Please drink a verification can (from 9 years ago)

https://i.imgur.com/dgGvgKF.png

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Re:Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to b... by omgmajk on Wednesday March 16, 2022 @02:40PM (#30702405)

I think this is pretty true, it's not unheard of before anyways.

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