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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by JohnFen on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @04:40PM (#35619743)
> or, keep improving the product to the point where most people actually find it useful

Not all product ideas can be made desirable and useful no matter how much improvement they get.

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by toss1 on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @05:02PM (#35620110)
True, but you start paying enough, and you'll get bigger and bigger populations who find it an acceptable bargain.

You'll also always have some who see through it.

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Re:Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – th... by cduzz on Tuesday April 18, 2023 @07:34PM (#35622004)
Desirable to who ? Windows 11 users are the product not the _customer_

You, a windows 11 licensee, are a captive market for microsoft to sell your eyeballs to advertisers.

"I am going to sell clicks to advertisers and the cost of customer acquisition is negative $10 per customer -- they pay us to get advertised to!"

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