18 thoughts on “Windows 8 apps have built-in ads”

1. Well, they got make up the lost revenue from selling the OS at $40 somehow.

2. No compromises – Microsoft

3. Since Apple made the OSX $19… it’s full of ads now

4. Surface or just desktop version?

5. Oh Microsoft. One step forward, five steps back.

6. Classy as ever. Can’t wait to hear about the new crapware, too.

7. Uh-oh, Steve Jobs actually patented ad-supported operating systems back in 2008 -.-

8. So do iOS apps, and iOS is the main competitor to Windows 8. Comparing Windows to the Mac is obsolete. The $400 price point that Windows systems sell at is an iPad price point now.

9. These are system apps, not third party.

10. What built-in iOS app has ads? We’re talking about apps that came with Windows – that the user paid Microsoft for.

11. Sorry, what ads are in Mountain Lion?

12. I thought he was being sarcastic. I could be wrong. 🙂

13. Yeah, can’t defend system apps having ads by default. Developer apps is fine but not system.

14. Yeah, and it comes in 6 versions.

15. Off course… 🙂

16. Microsoft won’t sell their OS for $19 because they are primarily a software company. Apple is primarily a hardware company, so they could give the OS away for free if they wanted to because it can only (officially, hackintoshes non-withstanding) be run on their hardware.

17. Android and iOS do not have ads in the built-in apps. Android even has a built-in News and Weather app which does not have ads. Why is MS doing this?

18. Make sense, but don’t forget, Microsoft earn a lot of money with schools, governments around the world and many other companies, with huge deals and monopolies… and Apple don’t.

    Apple is a Software and Hardware company. They spend a lot of money on R&D just for hardware. And offcouse, with software too. OSX can be “Mac Only” but there’s a lot of work there.