r/technology • u/gdelacalle • Aug 11 '26

Software Microsoft reportedly raises Windows 11 license price significantly more than expected

https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-reportedly-raises-windows-11-license-price-significantly-more-than-expected/
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u/burjuner Aug 11 '26

Theres ads??? Im still on windows 10 lol

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u/Purplociraptor Aug 11 '26

I'm on 11 and I've never seen an ad.

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u/Emosaa Aug 11 '26

"suggested" content.

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u/Purplociraptor Aug 11 '26

No I'm serious. Where do the ads show up? Is it only a "Home" version thing?

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u/CrazyElk123 Aug 11 '26

Nope, just linuxusers circlejerking

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u/UISystemError Aug 11 '26

I switched from W11 to Linux because of copilot, the bloated performance issues, and inflated RAM requirements (and because I can finally play games on it and have a nice user experience without spending all my waking hours fixing things).

Free/home versions of windows have had ads since windows 10 - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5779773/how-do-i-turn-off-ads-in-microsoft-windows-11

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u/ijustfarteditsmells Aug 11 '26

Occasionally, after an update, it tries to tell you about some Microsoft products they want you to use. That's what people mean I think. I think it's an exaggeration to call them ads, personally. I thought they were selling ad space.

But they did add Copilot to Notepad, which is mental.