Microsoft is slowly rolling out ads in the Windows 11 start menu - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35545566 - April 2023 (201 comments)

Windows 11 KB5023778 update adds promotions to the Start menu - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35346137 - March 2023 (251 comments)

Microsoft is turning Windows 11's Start Menu into an ad delivery system - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33694202 - Nov 2022 (143 comments)

Microsoft tests 'upsells' of its products in Windows 11 sign-out menu - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33532448 - Nov 2022 (32 comments)

Microsoft is showing ads in the Windows 11 sign-out menu - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33513622 - Nov 2022 (15 comments)

Microsoft mulling cheap PCs supported by ads, subscriptions - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33497625 - Nov 2022 (8 comments)

OneDrive Ad in Windows 11 Logout Menu - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33497269 - Nov 2022 (26 comments)

Microsoft accidentally reveals that it is testing ads in Windows Explorer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30711277 - March 2022 (168 comments)

Microsoft says Win11 Explorer ads were ‘not intended to be published externally’ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30701289 - March 2022 (23 comments)

Latest build of Windows 11 has ads inside File Explorer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30689526 - March 2022 (12 comments)

Microsoft is testing ads in the Windows 11 File Explorer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30675908 - March 2022 (504 comments)