Soon Microsoft may be showing us ads right in the Start menu. A recent update allows you to display banners in the main function of the operating system. They will probably promote other services of the giant from Redmond.
Windows 11 has just received a preview patch. The latest patch brings many fixes and improvements to the system. However, there is one cryptic addition. This may be due to additional ads displayed to us almost on the desktop.
Windows 11 with ads in start menu?
This is a preview patch for Windows 11 22H2 with the code KB5023778. While it is in the testing phase, it will probably be available to users next month.
A novelty that raises doubts among experts is the “notifications for Microsoft account” system. According to the description of the developers, it can, for example, display a pop-up banner in the Start menu, reminding users to back up data on the computer.
The reminder itself is innocent enough, but the community is already quite familiar with Microsoft’s inclinations in the Windows ecosystem. After all, the company has a OneDrive service, and “reminders” about creating a backup in the cloud will most likely be just an advertisement for another MS service.
Microsoft Edge displays ads on the Google Chrome website
We have already written about Microsoft’s advertising tricks in Wprost.pl. Since February, the Redmond-based giant seems to have been increasingly battling for users of the MS Edge browser, which could be an entry point for internet users to the new ChatGPT services offered on Edge and Bing.
Developer Chris Frantz reported that he saw a banner that he did not expect when trying to change the browser. “In my opinion, Microsoft has crossed some boundaries. They advertise on the Google Chrome downloads page. They impose their browser on us. This cannot be tolerated,” wrote Franz on Twitter.
Indeed, Windows users using the Microsoft Edge browser see additional ads urging them to give Edge a second chance. The banner says that Edge “runs on the same technology as Chrome, but with an additional trust policy from Microsoft.”
This can be considered foul play because the browser seems to be preventing the google.com/chrome page from displaying correctly, which is, after all, owned by competitors. Google displays similar banners praising Chrome, but on company-owned pages. These include Google.com, YouTube or Google Docs.
Source: Wprost
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