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It was a test they ran on Insiders channel to see how people reacted to them. It never mated it into GA, or for that matter the entire insiders channels... The
by tracker1 9mo ago
It was a test they ran on Insiders channel to see how people reacted to them. It never mated it into GA, or for that matter the entire insiders channels... They'll feature gate things to some insiders users and A/B test them to see how the user response looks. There was a bit of an uproar at the time for those that saw them, including myself... I ditched windows altogether (except my assigned work laptop).
- MarkSweep 9mo agoI think some form of ads made it into the release channel. I recently did a clean install of Windows 11 25H2 and I could not figure out how to get App Store ads out of the search results in the start menu. That and a game working better on Linux than Windows was the straw that broke the camel’s back for me and I installed Ubuntu.
- user3939382 9mo agoThe OS has been full of ads for years. TV channel BS xbox this and that. You need magical PowerShell incantations w correct permissions etc to remove it. I saw ads in the Ubuntu installer! I’ve retreated back to FreeBSD and OpenSUSE Heaven help us.