Microsoft finally found a Windows ad it doesn’t like
THE SO WHAT
When a company earning $10B from search and news ads starts policing Windows ads, it's about control of the surface, not user purity. If your product piggybacks on OS real estate—widgets, notifications, lock screens—expect more rules and less tolerance for anything that looks like a competing monetization layer.
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