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Microsoft seems to want to be in the ad business. Ads in Windows, ads all over the Xbox UI. Plus they probably want to think bing will sell ads? Maybe if MS sh
by MichaelGG 10y ago
Microsoft seems to want to be in the ad business. Ads in Windows, ads all over the Xbox UI. Plus they probably want to think bing will sell ads?
Maybe if MS showed dedication to their hardware and actually cared about users they could pull it off...
- scholia 10y agoNot really. Microsoft has almost no ad business. Most of its ads are actually sold by AOL. Are you complaining about actual paid advertisements, eg for beer, or the "suggestions" that you can turn off?
- louhike 10y agoIsn't Microsoft behind most Facebook ads?
- scholia 10y agoNo, there's no connection, as far as I know. Facebook bought the Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft. However, Microsoft outsourced its non-Bing ad sales business to AOL, along with 1,200 staff. http://fortune.com/2015/06/29/aol-is-taking-over-microsofts-ad-sales-business/ http://fortune.com/2015/06/29/aol-is-taking-over-microsofts-...