Microsoft Was Slowly Building Its Reputation For Improving Windows 11, But Wastes It All Away With The Latest Move That Uses Your Desktop Wallpaper As Ad Space
Windows 11 users report that the Bing Wallpaper app is showing fullscreen ads for a Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film collection. The move undermines Microsoft's recent efforts to improve Windows 11's reputation, as the company had promised to make the OS more efficient for 8GB RAM systems. The article criticizes this as a step backward, using the desktop wallpaper as ad space.
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