Recently, Twitter user Florian said: Microsoft has added some advertisements to the file manager of its Windows 11 Insider preview version:
As the screenshots show, Microsoft uses such ads to promote other Microsoft products "to write confidently in documents, email, and the web with Microsoft Editor's advanced writing suggestions."
The old file manager has always been a point of criticism for Windows, and Microsoft is also working hard to improve the usability and appearance of its default file manager, such as the recently added "tab tab" feature, which can open as many as a browser. folder tab. However, as soon as the wind reviews have improved, Microsoft has added advertising elements to this file manager...
Note that the file manager ad shown above appears in an Insider preview build of Windows 11, which enjoys the latest features and is out of sync with the stable official release. Although some users said that they have seen similar advertisements in the stable version of Win 11, the editor has repeatedly opened the system file manager in the stable version of Windows 11 and did not see any advertisement recommendations .
But this is not the first time that Microsoft has placed advertisements in the file manager. As early as 2016, some users complained that their file manager seemed to contain OneDrive advertising private goods:
All in all, smuggling private goods into the operating system's default software is a common trick from Microsoft. For example, two years ago Microsoft tested an ad for its free Office web app in the menu bar of the Windows 10 WordPad app, but this activity caused users to The protest was subsequently cancelled. Additionally, Windows 10 previously displayed Microsoft Edge ads and prompted users to download the new Microsoft Edge every time they searched/used a competing browser.
Subsequent updates:
In response to the incident, Windows senior program manager Brandon LeBlanc said in a statement to foreign media The Verge
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