Microsoft is doing it again because it’s crappy and most likely inefficient and introducing ads in the same Windows 11 Start menu. Some users condemn it like this and no one seems to be happy, although with a little desire and tomorrow it can be disabled.

If we look at the history of Microsoft in this regard, there are many examples and it is not necessary to go back far: advertising in Microsoft Office, WordPad, in general in several of its applications, not only in Windows, but also in Android , and it was never well received by the user.

Actually, the ad returns to the Start menu, where it wasn’t that long ago that they were creepily promoting the Edge browser where they exist. With a little more restraint, although with the same bad taste, the protagonist is now OneDrive, Microsoft’s cloud storage.

Here’s what it looks like, according to a Twitter user:

In the menu menu, for more inri. And it doesn’t end there, because it depends on the user’s level of status with the service, that is, it depends on whether they already have a OneDrive account linked to the same system, whether they are identified in the OneDrive app, etc., that the message is different and does not matter or the second.

In favor of Microsoft, it should be noted that these ads that we are talking about now are not generalized, but are shown only to certain users, probably as part of the tests that the company is conducting for its further implementation.

It should also be recognized that Microsoft has every right to display advertising in its software, regardless of how it may be paid for, which does not remove legitimate criticism of practices that distort the ways in which the company promotes its products and services in your products and services. redundant as they are, they are.

Of course This is not an advertisement for Microsoft, they’re just referrals… that no one asked for and that no one seems to like, but they sneak up on you where you least expect it. The curious thing is that maybe because it’s done so supposedly subtly, it’s even more annoying; as if some more prominent advertisement could not be displayed, but less embedded.

The good news is that who doesn’t like this type of ad can disable it, as discussed in this Neowin article. However, please note that this is a fine adjustment that may cause problems. Remember it. We have verified it first hand and we will tell you.