Microsoft has announced it will temporarily halt its full-screen advertisements promoting Windows 11 within the Windows 10 operating system. This decision comes after significant backlash from users who found the ads intrusive and disruptive. While the company plans to revisit the campaign in the future, this pause represents a recognition of user feedback.
Valve is implementing new rules on the Steam Store, restricting developers from including links and advertisements within game descriptions. The changes aim to streamline the store experience and focus on providing relevant game information to players.
The recently released Moto G Stylus 5G (2024) is an impressive smartphone, offering a fantastic display, excellent performance, and a decent camera. However, it is hindered by two significant issues: Motorola’s poor software update policy and the excessive use of advertisements throughout the phone’s software.
Just two weeks after rolling out a preview build to Windows Insiders, Microsoft is pushing out an update to Windows 11 that adds advertisements to the Start menu. Build KB5036980, which is now slowly rolling out to the wider Windows 11 user base, includes recommendations in the Start menu, and they sneakily sit beside your real apps. These apps come exclusively from the Microsoft store, and they sit in the Recommended section of the Start menu. This section includes recently used, frequent, and new apps, but one (or more) slots will now be dedicated to an ad.
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