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Since Windows 10, the operating system started to include [[bloatware]] and integrated ads about Microsoft services on system tools like Settings or File Explorer,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://x.com/flobo09/status/1502645866204704773 |url-status=live |author=flobo09 |title=Some people will go mad if Microsoft starts adding ads in explorer. |date=12 Mar 2022 |website=[[X Corp|X / Twitter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Warren |date=15 Mar 2022 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing |url-status=live |title=Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’ / We may still see File Explorer ads in the future |website=The Verge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315165325/https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing |archive-date=2022-03-15}}</ref> as well as during initial setup.<ref>{{cite web |title=So this is where we are now, microsoft is putting ads at boot in windows 10 |author=No_Telephone9938 |date=25 Sep 2021 |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/pveruw/so_this_is_where_we_are_now_microsoft_is_putting/ |url-status=live |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801175110/https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/pveruw/so_this_is_where_we_are_now_microsoft_is_putting/ |archive-date=2025-08-01}}</ref> Users also might get ads on the lock screen, desktop and as notifications. There is also the clickbait newsfeed in the start menu.<ref>{{cite news |title=How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2 |first=Andrew |last=Cunningham |date=5 Nov 2025 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/ |url-status=live |website=Ars Technica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105165936/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/ |archive-date=2025-11-05}}</ref>

Additional Office software suites like microsoft office software that was sold as a package add on, or later offered in base installations now require a forced account and subscription to have the prividge of working on a document offline, users are offered a trial period of office software from a lisicince purchase. Although lifetime purchases exist for older office software Microsoft has set a precedent of not holding up their end of the agreement. For many users they will be forced to have an internet connection to do basic revisions on software like word, powerpoint, and excel documents.

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 Since Windows 10, the operating system started to include [[bloatware]] and integrated ads about Microsoft services on system tools like Settings or File Explorer,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://x.com/flobo09/status/1502645866204704773 |url-status=live |author=flobo09 |title=Some people will go mad if Microsoft starts adding ads in explorer. |date=12 Mar 2022 |website=[[X Corp|X / Twitter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Warren |date=15 Mar 2022 |url=https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing |url-status=live |title=Microsoft says Windows 11 File Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’ / We may still see File Explorer ads in the future |website=The Verge |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315165325/https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/15/22979251/microsoft-file-explorer-ads-windows-11-testing |archive-date=2022-03-15}}</ref> as well as during initial setup.<ref>{{cite web |title=So this is where we are now, microsoft is putting ads at boot in windows 10 |author=No_Telephone9938 |date=25 Sep 2021 |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/pveruw/so_this_is_where_we_are_now_microsoft_is_putting/ |url-status=live |website=[[Reddit]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250801175110/https://old.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/pveruw/so_this_is_where_we_are_now_microsoft_is_putting/ |archive-date=2025-08-01}}</ref> Users also might get ads on the lock screen, desktop and as notifications. There is also the clickbait newsfeed in the start menu.<ref>{{cite news |title=How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2  |first=Andrew |last=Cunningham |date=5 Nov 2025 |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/ |url-status=live |website=Ars Technica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105165936/https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/11/what-i-do-to-clean-up-a-clean-install-of-windows-11-23h2-and-edge/ |archive-date=2025-11-05}}</ref>
+Additional Office software suites like microsoft office software that was sold as a package add on, or later offered in base installations now require a forced account and subscription to have the prividge of working on a document offline, users are offered a trial period of office software from a lisicince purchase. Although lifetime purchases exist for older office software Microsoft has set a precedent of not holding up their end of the agreement. For many users they will be forced to have an internet connection to do basic revisions on software like word, powerpoint, and excel documents.
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