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Windows Copilot's is showing third-party Ads to Windows users
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this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2023
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I was finally able to get rid of the ads in Windows. I'm sure that it doesn't block everything, but editing the 'hosts' file helps. At least I don't see any ads in Windows anymore. Here is an simple tutorial that I found on how to do so:
youtu.be/IJr2DcffquI
No, it was included when I bought my laptop.
you did actually pay for it as you can get a refund for windows that comes preinstalled on computers
Where can you do such a thing? Microsoft definitely isn't doing it, at least in the US. Can't speak on if the EU mandates such a thing by law.