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Are the ads only for storage service? At first I was thinking we'd start seeing banner ads like we do on blogs. If it's only Microsoft pushing their own integra

by Keverw 10y ago

Are the ads only for storage service? At first I was thinking we'd start seeing banner ads like we do on blogs. If it's only Microsoft pushing their own integrated services I don't really have much of a problem, but for software I paid for showing third party ads when I never ever had an expectation of such a thing then I do agree it is very horrible. The "Not now" button does seem like a anti-pattern instead of a simple no. Reminds me on how iOS apps bug you over and over again to rate them. I assume in X amount of time, it would show the banner again? I think it should be like "Learn More" or "Dismiss". Then have Dismiss never show it again on that device(unless they did like a reinstall of the OS). I'm sure it's useful to know it's available, especially to non tech people but you shouldn't have to jump into a long list of settings to stop it. Imagine some day your car dashboard updates and starts showing banner ads for deals at near by places when the car never did it in the first place. That'd be kinda creepy too.

dboreham 10y ago
The only one I've seen was for their storage services. I admit it surprised me initially, but I suppose it could be worse. Hopefully it does not go the way of Skype which (for me) is almost entirely unusable on Windows these days due (I assume) to the ads locking up/hanging the process.
- skeletonjelly 10y ago
  https://gist.github.com/joielechong/d0042338fd3132013aec4ee56045e558 https://gist.github.com/joielechong/d0042338fd3132013aec4ee5...
froindt 10y ago
My mom already had OneDrive installed and it was pestering her. I don't know what they want me to do. I went in and turned the notification off, but 98% of people won't know to do that and will accept a shitty aspect of the user experience.
nxc18 10y ago
Just to clarify, this is basically the same exact thing that macOS does with regards to storage. Try running low on storage and see how long it takes to get spammed with notifications to buy more icloud storage.
- falcolas 10y ago
  > Try running low on [iCloud] storage That bit's important - I don't have to be using Microsoft's storage system at all to loose a good 200 pixels to the banner after every restart. I'm not even signed into a Microsoft account with my account; doesn't matter.
  - nxc18 10y ago
    That's the point though; I'm not running low on iCloud storage. I've never put a single file in iCloud storage, at least not from my MacBook (my iPhone seems to automatically back up, but I'm not sure that counts as 'files'). I'm running out of disk space on my MacBook and it wants me to buy iCloud storage so I can offload things to the cloud. I'm not an existing customer, I've never given them a dime for storage, and yet they keep pestering me to buy.
    - falcolas 10y ago
      Interesting. I've never seen an advert for iCloud storage, unless I'm looking at the iCloud settings page, or when I've consumed all of my available space. Then again, I haven't filled my disks to the point of exhaustion recently.
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alkonaut 10y ago
Yes - it's for storage services and as of today the only one advertised is OneDrive. But I fear that Dropbox could show up tomorrow. Right now the only problem I have with it is that it looks like an ad and shows up in too many places. Had it just shown up in in the OneDrive app or just once during setup then I'd have zero problems with it. Storage is advertised in iOS and Mac OS too, it's just a little more tasteful. I completely trust Microsoft will not advertise shoes and hamburgers in windows. They'll keep that crap to e.g the consumer version of Skype I hope. I hope they will never even display a third party service in any part of windows itself. I think the whole "omg Windows shows ads!!" reaction is - at this point - totally an overreaction.

by Keverw 10y ago

dboreham 10y ago

The only one I've seen was for their storage services. I admit it surprised me initially, but I suppose it could be worse. Hopefully it does not go the way of Skype which (for me) is almost entirely unusable on Windows these days due (I assume) to the ads locking up/hanging the process.

skeletonjelly 10y ago
https://gist.github.com/joielechong/d0042338fd3132013aec4ee56045e558 https://gist.github.com/joielechong/d0042338fd3132013aec4ee5...

froindt 10y ago

My mom already had OneDrive installed and it was pestering her. I don't know what they want me to do. I went in and turned the notification off, but 98% of people won't know to do that and will accept a shitty aspect of the user experience.

nxc18 10y ago

Just to clarify, this is basically the same exact thing that macOS does with regards to storage. Try running low on storage and see how long it takes to get spammed with notifications to buy more icloud storage.

falcolas 10y ago
> Try running low on [iCloud] storage That bit's important - I don't have to be using Microsoft's storage system at all to loose a good 200 pixels to the banner after every restart. I'm not even signed into a Microsoft account with my account; doesn't matter.
- nxc18 10y ago
  That's the point though; I'm not running low on iCloud storage. I've never put a single file in iCloud storage, at least not from my MacBook (my iPhone seems to automatically back up, but I'm not sure that counts as 'files'). I'm running out of disk space on my MacBook and it wants me to buy iCloud storage so I can offload things to the cloud. I'm not an existing customer, I've never given them a dime for storage, and yet they keep pestering me to buy.
  - falcolas 10y ago
    Interesting. I've never seen an advert for iCloud storage, unless I'm looking at the iCloud settings page, or when I've consumed all of my available space. Then again, I haven't filled my disks to the point of exhaustion recently.

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alkonaut 10y ago

Yes - it's for storage services and as of today the only one advertised is OneDrive. But I fear that Dropbox could show up tomorrow. Right now the only problem I have with it is that it looks like an ad and shows up in too many places. Had it just shown up in in the OneDrive app or just once during setup then I'd have zero problems with it. Storage is advertised in iOS and Mac OS too, it's just a little more tasteful. I completely trust Microsoft will not advertise shoes and hamburgers in windows. They'll keep that crap to e.g the consumer version of Skype I hope. I hope they will never even display a third party service in any part of windows itself. I think the whole "omg Windows shows ads!!" reaction is - at this point - totally an overreaction.