Windows 11 Ads Likely Making the Start Menu Frustrating
Microsoft tests ads on Start menu in Windows 11 Insider build; feature causing backlash from users.
Windows 11 looks set to frustrate users with Start menu ads according to testers and feedback. Microsoft is adding exclamation point badges directing users to services like OneDrive and Microsoft 365, claiming benefits to signing in with a Microsoft account.
Already bombarded with ads, users don’t want them on their OS.
Users receive enough ads on websites and free software; an OS shouldn’t add annoying ads, especially forcing Microsoft Edge as default browser. Start menu ads face user criticism, called “obnoxious” and a “free upgrade” ploy to make more money.
Ads appearing for Dev channel users now but unclear if reaching all Windows 11 users.
Ads currently limited to Insider Dev channel but tested since November 2022, suggesting eventual broader release. Hopefully, a way to disable the ads will appear. Future updates will follow this and other Windows 11 stories.
Windows 11 aims to frustrate with Start menu ads despite criticism from those it targets.
Despite user backlash, Microsoft continues testing Start menu ads, citing “benefits” of signing in with a Microsoft account but provoking annoyance on an OS already bombarded with ads, especially aggressively pushing Microsoft Edge as default browser.
- Windows 11 Start menu ads causing frustration according to testers and feedback.
- Microsoft adds exclamation point badges directing users to services like OneDrive and Microsoft 365, claiming benefits of signing in with a Microsoft account.
- Already inundated with ads, users don’t want them on their OS, especially forcing Microsoft Edge as default browser.
- Start menu ads face criticism as “obnoxious” and a “free upgrade” ploy to make more money.
- Ads currently limited to Insider Dev channel but tested since November 2022, suggesting eventual broader release. Hopefully, a way to disable the ads will appear.
- Future updates will follow this and other Windows 11 stories.
- Despite user backlash, Microsoft continues testing Start menu ads, citing “benefits” of signing in with a Microsoft account but provoking annoyance on an OS already bombarded with ads, especially aggressively pushing Microsoft Edge as default browser.