dvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agoMicrosoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menuwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1473arrow-down113 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1460arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft starts testing ads in the Windows 11 Start menuwww.theverge.comdvdnet62@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 months agomessage-square198fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squared3Xt3r@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up53·edit-29 months agoAlthough not the same, this has been going on for about two years now. Jensen Harris, a former MS engineer, criticized the ads as well as the design of the new Start Menu, over here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1564399431545667585.html
minus-squareAltima NEO@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·9 months agoWeren’t they doing this as far back as windows 8?
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·9 months agoIt just highlights the downward spiral to user hostility becoming the standard. Pretty sad.
Although not the same, this has been going on for about two years now. Jensen Harris, a former MS engineer, criticized the ads as well as the design of the new Start Menu, over here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1564399431545667585.html
Weren’t they doing this as far back as windows 8?
It just highlights the downward spiral to user hostility becoming the standard. Pretty sad.