Microsoft's big Windows 8 secret? It's actually about advertising.

Re:Microsoft's big Windows 8 secret? It's actually about adv... by dmix on Saturday November 24, 2012 @03:04PM (#4826288)

> Ten years ago Microsoft was in trouble for bundling Internet Explorer, but now bundling applications laden with advertising is okay?

How are those two even correlated?

Adding ads to your product is not breaking anti-trust laws.

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Re:Microsoft's big Windows 8 secret? It's actually about adv... by mtgx on Saturday November 24, 2012 @03:12PM (#4826316)

It might if they're only using their own ad network for those ads, and competing ad networks are not allowed to get inserted in there. They would be leveraging their OS monopoly to push their ad network.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong about them only using their own ad network, and not allowing developers to choose other networks for their apps.

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Re:Microsoft's big Windows 8 secret? It's actually about adv... by inerte on Saturday November 24, 2012 @03:25PM (#4826347)

You can chose any ad network http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/apps/jj19359...

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Re:Microsoft's big Windows 8 secret? It's actually about adv... by justanotheratom on Saturday November 24, 2012 @03:22PM (#4826336)

Microsoft has its own SDK for Adds in Apps, but I am not sure whether other ad networks are disallowed:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh506371(MSADS.10).a...

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