Either way, these recommendations can be disabled by going into the Windows 11 Settings app, so you can avoid them. However, app recommendations are tied to other content in this section, so you’ll miss out on some features by turning it off.
Not sure what else will be “missed”. But, my guess is they will be “missed” in the same way that one misses a case of chlamydia.
Unless they’ve anticipated this and blocked it like they do with OneDrive. Which they do to frustrate you into buying more storage you don’t need to fix the problems they’ve created intentionally…
I am sure corporate and government customers will be furious if there is no way to disable this with Group Policy or Registry Keys.
They don’t mention which versions of 11 are getting this so I assume all are getting it. There must be a way disable it on an enterprise level.
The EU is kicking up a stick with Meta atm about forcing its users to pick between ads or a monthly payment.
MS already makes business pay either directly with once off OEM/volume licenses or through your M365 subscription. No way EU will be fine with pay for the software and force ads.
Now for the waiting game as people discover the registry keys to disable the ads.
So far, the toggle is built in:
Not sure what else will be “missed”. But, my guess is they will be “missed” in the same way that one misses a case of chlamydia.
To me that sounds like you can turn off targeted advertising and now get general random ads.
Unless they’ve anticipated this and blocked it like they do with OneDrive. Which they do to frustrate you into buying more storage you don’t need to fix the problems they’ve created intentionally…
I am sure corporate and government customers will be furious if there is no way to disable this with Group Policy or Registry Keys.
They don’t mention which versions of 11 are getting this so I assume all are getting it. There must be a way disable it on an enterprise level.
The EU is kicking up a stick with Meta atm about forcing its users to pick between ads or a monthly payment.
MS already makes business pay either directly with once off OEM/volume licenses or through your M365 subscription. No way EU will be fine with pay for the software and force ads.
I’ve used a start menu alternative since I switched to 11. I get the hate for the os but it’s all just been a non issue for me.