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Windows 10 App Starts Showing Ads, Microsoft Says You Can't Remove Them
Microsoft displaying banners in the official Mail app for Windows 10 is something that we’ve seen in the past, but this time the company has apparently returned with a more aggressive approach.
If the original ad only showed up for insiders as part of what Microsoft described as just a test, the new version is displayed in all instances of the Mail app.
These include not only insiders, but also non-insider devices such as production machines. I’m also seeing the ad on my device running the stable version of Windows 10 version 1909.
The banner shows up in the left sidebar and recommends users to “Get the free Outlook app on your phone.” The weird thing is that the ad is displayed even if the Outlook mobile app is installed on a device where the same email account is configured, as I also use Outlook for Android and Microsoft Launcher on my mobile phone.
(Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @01:57AM (4 children)
I think [dragonflybsd.org] I can [openbsd.org] remove [netbsd.org] them. [freebsd.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 16 2019, @02:05AM (1 child)
I'd run boot-n-nuke first. Or replace the drive.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday December 16 2019, @05:55PM
Just make sure to backup your unreplaceable files. I.E. pictures / documents / music / videos, especially ones that you've created yourself. Otherwise, most everything else can be replaced.
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 3, Funny) by maxwell demon on Monday December 16 2019, @05:58PM (1 child)
Why so complicated? Just keep your computer unpowered. I want to see how Microsoft displays ads in that case. ;-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday December 17 2019, @01:42AM
If it's an eInk display, it can show an ad while powered off. It takes power to change the display, not keep it as it. So all they have to do is change the image when powering off. Some versions of the Kindle already do this. In fact, it was a feature. $20 off the price if you buy the ad-supported version which shows ads instead of your own 'screensaver' image.
This could be a useful feature if when you first received the display it had an image of how to hook it up or something like that. But we can't have well designed things in this world.