Ads are now popping up in File Explorer
Broadly speaking, there’s a lot to like about Windows 10 , but also a number of bugbears, some of which Microsoft is trying to tackle – like privacy concerns – and others that the software giant appears to be happily pushing onwards with, such as showing adverts for its products and services within the OS.
As spotted by ExtremeTech , the latest in this long-running episode has witnessed the appearance of ads within File Explorer, specifically highlighting Microsoft’s OneDrive cloud storage service, and the space you can get for being a paying Office 365 subscriber.
File Explorer, if you’re not familiar with the term, is a central part of the operating system’s interface – whenever you open a folder anywhere on your PC, you’re in a File Explorer window.
Microsoft might feel that these are not ads as such, but rather helpful pointers or suggestions, although most Windows 10 users will naturally feel differently at having part of an integral piece of interface real-estate taken up by a call to become a paying subscriber.
