Microsoft wants to put ads in Windows email

[TechLady]

Microsoft wants to put ads in Windows email — and it’s already testing them out (update)
Seriously, the ads are already in beta

I STRENUOUSLY object to this and will be getting as many of my clients as I can away from anything MS does in this direction.

 

[Your PCMD]

Its only in Windows Mail, the built in client, something which hardly anyone uses or should use. If you have any Office variant, you'll not be affected. Likewise, you'll not be affected if you use any other mail client such as Thunderbird, etc.

 

[timeshifter]

Microsoft wants to put ads in Windows email

Reading the link it looks like they've updated the article to say that MS has stopped:

Update, 11:52 AM PT: Microsoft comms head Frank Shaw tells us the company has decided to turn these ads off. He also says the experiment was never intended to be tested broadly, which doesn’t quite jibe with the existence of a FAQ about a pilot program taking place in several countries around the world, but either way the ads should be gone.

 

[Your PCMD]

Reading the link it looks like they've updated the article to say that MS has stopped:

This is Microsoft we're talking about. Do you really think they stopped? Anyone can say anything on the interweb.

 

[coffee]

This is Microsoft we're talking about. Do you really think they stopped? Anyone can say anything on the interweb.

Exactly!

Also note that they "Turned it off". Not that they removed the code eh?

 

[Porthos]

I always hide the MS Mail app and instruct my home clients to use web mail.

 

[sapphirescales]

I use the Mail app. I'm sooo glad that I neutered my machine so it won't get an updates. I'm still on 1703 and I plan to stay here until hell freezes over (or Microsoft stops with this insanity...whichever happens first).

 

[timeshifter]

Yeah, just when you think Windows is getting solid, reliable, stable, they start doing these 6 month forced upgrades. Breaking everything for us and creating more revenue opportunities. Almost like a consortium of us running Microsoft.

 

[Your PCMD]

I plan to stay here until hell freezes over (or Microsoft stops with this insanity...whichever happens first).

Hope you have a coat and manage to keep a fire going.

 

[GTP]

Get yourself a copy of NTLite. Build your own Windows without all the crap. I did. My .02

 

[fincoder]

I use the Win10 Mail app on my handheld touchscreen device (Asus TransformerBook 10" with Atom CPU and 2GB RAM). For this kind of device it works well, and it has native support for Outlook.com and Gmail accounts (as well as IMAP).

 

[johnrobert]

Windows Mail, unusable I don't see how it's possible to make it worse.
I thought it already had ads

 

[Your PCMD]

I don't see how it's possible to make it worse.

We're talking Microsoft here, so yeah, its a high probability that they will make it worse.

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

How long before Outlook and the rest of O365 start displaying ads? Windows 10 "Pro" is already full of junk.