Posted on 03/13/2017 6:12:38 PM PDT by george76
Microsoft has taken the next step in pushing advertising on customers of its Windows 10 operating system, with users reporting an advertisement for Microsoft OneDrive now appearing in their File Explorer.
Windows 10 has been repeatedly reprimanded by technology journalists over the past year for the increasing amounts of advertising that are baked into the system. Advertisements in various forms have appeared in the Start menu, the lock screen, the taskbar, in the Windows Store, and various other areas. This seems to be the first time that users are noticing them in the File Explorer, the application that allows users to look through their documents and applications on their computer.
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Not only are these advertisements invasive, but they are also incredibly difficult to turn off
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Microsoft has previously found itself being taken to court for its anti-competitive behavior with Internet Explorer, and Wilson believes that the company has “learned nothing” from its past lawsuits.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
VIC-20 or you’re nothing. :)
How many times I gotta tell you to clear your browser cache, you doofus!!!
I almost went Linux last week when it happened to me.
They do not have the right to invade my computer.
No ads on my MacOS.
Just a data point ... but I can’t get this theoretical ad to show up. Is it just in a preview update?
Amen.
> Say it ain’t so. . .
I don’t doubt it... I can ping the list tomorrow, in between snow plowing runs...
I can’t see this myself
I'll probably end up uninstalling OneDrive as a result. I have plenty of Cloud storage elsewhere. These guys do tick me off.
My file explorer does not show any advertisements
I have Windows 10 Hmmm
Perhaps I get my updates later.
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