Ads coming to Explorer?

[Tippon]

Just saw this article through Google Now:

http://www.gsmarena.com/microsoft_thinks_its_a_good_idea_to_put_ads_into_your_windows_10_file_explorer-blog-23859.php

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[The Duke]

Wen the os is free, this is what you get.

[Tippon]

Officially, it’s not free anymore though

[The Duke]

It will be soon enough though. The days of an OS costing money are over.

Granted the only people that buy os’s are geeks like us, and wee know the legal free way,  so by not charging for it privately they are not going to loose much revenue. In lost sales.

Hp et al, will still be paying a few shackles, but I bet it’s no where near what they was getting post 8.

When I seen win 8Rt ,i envisaged a day of a free home licence with appstore, but limited, and and paid for ‘pro’  os with full desktop access. Their handling of 8 slowed then down, but with the latest updates and Android style warnings of non safe software from non win store applications, I think in the next year or so we will see an official free forever home update cycle, and maybe a subscription model if you want the pro features.

Just keep an eye out for features dropping off the editions we are running now,and ms spinning them off in to the pro pack.

That way they can give HP and the rest free os, and it will be upto the punter to choose home or pro, (probably windows 365 support) and at a an annual/monthly  cost.

I actually think it a not half bad idea, as it will force devs to put software in the ms store, and it will keep normal people safe form the Internet and dodgy software. Which is good for all computer users.

Adverts in the free version too. Yippee. Who do I make a cheque out to. ?

 

[Drezha]

You just have to look at the example of the Mac App Store to see that it wont work nicely – if Microsoft don’t allow for upgrade pricing. There are a few big name Mac developers that have pulled out of the Mac App Store completely, because they can’t offer upgrade pricing and are restricted in other ways and therefore are either losing revenue or can’t offer a product that will be the full extent of what they want to offer.

I’m not a huge fan of Windows, but I’ll give it it’s due – it works and works with the vast majority of the software. Yes, for years I was a Mac fan (and I’m now looking back wondering why I get out of the Mac ecosystem – something about pricey hardware I think!) and the fact that Windows could manage to achieve what I was after most of the time.

However, an ad in the file explorer isn’t ideal. I’d be looking at third party explorer replacements…or how to get everything working on Linux.

"Everything looks interesting until you do it. Then you find it’s just another job" - Terry Pratchett

[Tippon]

Drezha wrote:

However, an ad in the file explorer isn’t ideal. I’d be looking at third party explorer replacements…or how to get everything working on Linux.

This is what gets me. People paid for Win 7 upwards and got the upgrade to Win 10. In lots of cases it wasn’t wanted or needed, and in some cases it was even done against the users wishes. Now there are ads too. Imagine paying for the OS you want, then getting an unwanted ‘upgrade’ that gives you nothing useful to you, and getting ads as part of the deal. I wouldn’t be happy.

One day I’ll pull my finger out and actually switch over to Linux, honest… :scratch:

[D-Dan]

I’ve been a Linux advocate for a good 10 – 15 years, and granted, during the early part of my advocacy it was probably more enthusiastic than it deserved to be.

The truth is, it’s now no more difficult than Windows, and in many respects, even easier. When Windows gives you a system killer upgrade, your options are to reinstall or, ermm, that’s it.

I’ve only ever reinstalled Linux once, and that was my own lack of knowledge at the time. You can pretty much repair any failure without a complete reinstall.

I also noted that, despite Linux being mentioned, it’s been dropped from the list of affected systems from the scare stories about the CIA.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.

[Jason]

That might be because its domestic market share is not even a blip on the graph.

I had a scammer from “TalkTalk” on the blower the other day. I thought I’d string him along for a while, at least until I was absolutely certain he was a scammer (I had actually had some connectivity issues, so it was just about possible the call was genuine). I had to laugh. He wanted me to click on Start and type something into the Run dialogue and I said I couldn’t because I was running Linux. He’d never heard of it. He kept repeating the same procedure, assuming that “Linux” was just some variant of Windows.

[The Duke]

Lol, to be fair to talk talk employees and stammers alike, the I doubt many TT call centre employees know or Linux either so you would of got the same out come either way.

Not dissing TT, I’ve had no bad experiences with then over 6 or 7 years. It’s just they way of life, these first line techs, couldn’t build a Lego car, never mind fix a pc issue.

I had a very brief job at O2, Preston brook, call centre, not a bag jar tbh, and withing I The second week of being on the floor they had noticed I actually was intrested in tech, so was pulled off the floor, and pit in a room with 100s of phones and from then on my job was to press buttons and create issues, and then document my way out of the issue.

Basically create crib sheets. It was so boring. I wad terrified of the phones, but it wad the boarded that killed that job. Also i was in flux between Marines and Uni, I jacked it in after about 6 weeks.

[Richard]

Is this stupid idea being rolled out slowly? I have never seen any adverts but this could be because I do not use the cloud service of anyone. Could that be the answer?

Richard

[Jason]

I can honestly say it doesn’t bother me in the slightest, especially as the OS is now effectively free. I get banner ads all the time in Gmail, but I don’t see anyone banging on about that.

[Richard]

They do not worry me either, though that is down to not seeing any to date

[blacklion1725]

Are there any decent alternatives to Windows Explorer – ideally a desktop program rather than an App? Never felt the need but if ads are coming I know that will get right on my thru’pennies.

[The Duke]

It may just be ms pushing sky drive, but as Jason said banner adds just blend in. Who ever notices the Gmail ones?

Im amazed anyone buys Gmail slots,as they are completely  lost on me.

[Tippon]

I use Thunderbird, so I’ve never seen a Gmail ad either  :good:

[Dave Rice]

I use Gmail and I don’t notice them either.

[JayCeeDee]

The only time I see ads on Gmail is in the wife’s account. I split her inbox to display three tabs – primary, social and promotions. It’s clear on the primary, but if she looks in the Social ( FB Notifications ) or Promotions ( Groupon/Amazon/M&S Sparks ) tab, in between the tabs and the emails there are 2 full width, one line dialogue boxes with ads in – they display the same as an email title.

I only use “inbox” and don’t see any.:)

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