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Microsoft sneaks ads into the new Outlook for Windows
(www.ghacks.net)
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this post was submitted on 02 Feb 2024
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Of course they have. MS are putting ads everywhere in Windows. The revenue potential is huge and they have more than enough private information on everyone to do targeted ads.
Microsoft would be insane not to go down this route. It's inevitable.
We need more devices for sale that don't use Windows, because this won't stop. Microsoft is a publicly traded company and their stakeholders demand infinite growth.
The only way to get away from this is to use some kind of FOSS operating system
The Grand Nagus advocating for free and open source software... there must be a novel rule of acquisition I have not heard about yet!
Rule of acquisition number 1,337: Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.