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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: 2) by Freeman on Monday December 16 2019, @06:02PM
There may be a time where I nuke Windows from all my machines. That time isn't now, but it could be soon. Windows is a matter of convenience, like Steam. Once, they become inconvenient to use or they push enough Stupid things, like advertisements, I can and will switch. Pushing advertisements, that Supremely Annoying Bing thing on the lock screen (Very Anti-Competitive and basically a giant advertisement), forcing the extra dialogue box "I don't want to give Edge a try" when changing the default web browser, and probably a few other things I've neglected to mention. Those are all examples of heavy handed tactics to get you to buy into their special brand of X. The road to bankruptcy is paved with anti-consumer practices.
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"