Microsoft wants to make more money from its Windows operating system. For this reason, it was already known that the company had been working on showing advertisements for the last few months. It was recently revealed that the company started testing for this. So how will the ad appear on Windows ? Here are all the details about the subject…
Microsoft adds ads to the Windows 11 Start menu!
Microsoft started testing the display of ads in the Start menu with the new update it recently released for Windows 11 . This change, noticed by beta users, attracted a lot of attention. It looks like this;
In the screenshot shared by a Windows 11 user, it is seen that there is an advertisement for the Opera browser in the “Recommended” section of the Start menu. The ad is marked with a special sign that reads “Promotion”. Thus, it becomes clear that it is an advertisement.
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According to the information provided, users will have the option to disable this advertisement. So it can be turned off via Settings. This is an important detail that shows that freedom is offered in terms of user experience.
It remains unclear for now when Microsoft will activate ad display for all Windows 11 users. Forecasts show the coming weeks. Of course, the company may give up on this if it attracts reaction from users. Because a similar situation has occurred before.
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