Is THIS ARTICLE for REAL?
Are you people at Microsoft SERIOUSLY CONSIDERING THIS?
Have you NOT learned from what happened to LENOVO last January when it was discovered that they were BUNDLING SUPERFISH ON THEIR NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS, which served POPUP ADS [and also provided a nasty security crater], just so they could SAVE A FEW BUCKS? Did you NOT READ Lenovo's INITIAL ARROGANT RESPONSE, SEE THE USER BACKLASH, AND READ THEIR BACKPEDALING APOLOGY A WEEK LATER?
THIS! REALLY! HAPPENED!
So are you REALLY going to do THESE THINGS, which the article suggests?
"Microsoft has a plan to stop people from ignoring Windows Store apps, and it involves putting recommendations in front of users' faces."
"the Start menu might show a recommendation directly underneath the list of most used apps"
"The lock screen will be another opportunity for app promotion, with an occasional full-screen image of a Windows Store app replacing the usual random image from Bing."
"Cortana herself will take part in the recommendation game, bringing up a related app from the Store when you're typing the name of a program you already have"
this feature could REALLY ANGER THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, if you're WORKING ON SOMETHING and Cortana "recommends" your COMPETITION. Don't you care about "Developers, Developers, Developers, Developers" any more?
and the WORST part?
"In Windows 10, Microsoft plans to look at how people are using the software, and figure out what kind of apps they might like. Over time, users may get app recommendations in different parts of the operating system."
LOOK AT HOW PEOPLE ARE USING THE SOFTWARE - that means it is SPYING ON YOU!
"app recommendations" - that is ADVERTISEMENT!
I KNEW IT! I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG! When I pointed out the INTRUSIVE ADS already being put into build 9926's "store apps" and the built-in "the METRO" apps, I CRITIZED THE {BLANK} out of it because NOBODY in their RIGHT MIND will TOLERATE this kind of built-in SPYWARE and ADWARE.
I thought the ads in the built-ins were going away, though. I *HAVE* pointed out that this kind of SPYWARE and built-in ADWARE would prompt an IMMEDIATE ANTI-TRUST INVESTIGATION FROM VARIOUS GOVERNMENTS from the USA to the EU to Australia to "wherever else" people care about SPYWARE and the intrusion of an ADVERTISING GIANT into the DAILY USE OF A COMPUTER OWNED BY THE USER, and NOT by the software vendors!
ADWARE is JUST BAD. If it is IMPOSSIBLE to IGNORE the "the METRO" store apps, because you cannot uninstall them and get CONSTANT FLASHING MOVING ADS SHOVED INTO YOUR FACE AND WASTING YOUR INTERNET BANDWIDTH BY DOWNLOADING ALL OF THAT IMAGERY, then NOBODY will want Windows 10, even if you PAY US TO TAKE IT!
Come on, Microsoft, GET IT RIGHT: NO <removed> AD-WARE ON *OUR* COMPUTERS, PHONES, WHATEVER! Seriously! And NO SPYWARE EITHER!
I apologize to Microsoft if I was TROLLED by that web site into believing you actually want to do this. Then again, I haven't viewed the youtube video of the keynote speech that apparently DEMONSTRATES this yet. Once it finishes downloading, I'll know for sure.
<Original Title: What the BLANK are you BLANKING thinking with the PROPOSED ADWARE?>
