It seems like complaining can work, as it seems that Microsoft has pulled a U-turn in terms of cramming one in all Home windows 11’s hottest apps with adverts.

As Home windows Newest experiences (opens in new tab), Microsoft had just lately modified the Climate app in Home windows 11 to be primarily based on the MSN web site’s climate service. Whereas this ordinarily wouldn’t have been too controversial, as web-based apps can take up much less cupboard space and run extra shortly than conventional Home windows apps, Microsoft nonetheless discovered a means of annoying customers by including adverts into what was as soon as an ad-free app.

This isn’t the primary time Microsoft has riled up customers by forcing adverts into its merchandise, but it surely seems like this time it went too far, with the backlash on social media and through Microsoft’s suggestions web site inflicting the corporate to quietly drop adverts from the app – or at the least in a number of the app.

On the house display, you’ll not see adverts within the app. Nevertheless, as Home windows Newest observed, and I’ve confirmed, in the event you click on on one other web page within the app, similar to ‘Forecasts’, there are nonetheless adverts.

Additionally, in the event you click on ‘See full forecast’ from the Climate widget, you’ll find yourself on the MSN climate web site, which additionally exhibits adverts. Annoyingly, this additionally opens in Microsoft’s Edge internet browser, and in the event you don’t have it set as default, you’ll additionally get a pop-up asking you to vary that.

A welcome U-turn – but it surely’s not sufficient

All these adverts and nagging pop-ups could make Home windows 11 really feel like a chore to make use of, so I’m definitely glad that Microsoft appears to have taken to coronary heart a few of these criticisms.

An organization listening to buyer suggestions and making related adjustments is all the time good and ought to be applauded. Nevertheless, whereas I’d love this to be an indication that Microsoft is re-evaluating its whole method to adverts in Home windows 11, sadly, I don’t assume that’s the case.

The truth that Microsoft quietly dropped adverts from the primary web page of the Climate app with none acknowledgment makes me assume Microsoft isn’t fully keen on this transfer and will reintroduce adverts simply as quietly because it eliminated them.

Additionally, with adverts solely being faraway from one display in a single app additionally leads me to assume this can be a transfer that’s not going to be replicated elsewhere – if in any respect. All of it feels a bit like Microsoft has begrudgingly eliminated the naked minimal of adverts.

So, regardless of this being a optimistic transfer, Microsoft has much more to do if it needs to correctly tackle the considerations many individuals have in regards to the liberties it is taking with Home windows 11.