Microsoft's Weather app now shows more ads

It is raining adverts in Home windows 11. The Microsoft Climate app within the working system now shows extra adverts.

Chances are you’ll recall {that a} yr in the past, Microsoft had really eliminated the adverts from the app, and it appeared that the corporate had lastly listened to suggestions from customers. However the annoying banners are again, and there is two of them now on the Forecast web page. For these unaware, the previous model of Microsoft Climate was a UWP app, however the firm changed it with an Edge WebView, which is a container that makes use of the Edge Engine. In different phrases, the Climate app is technically only a internet wrapper for MSN.com/climate. You possibly can take a look at this your self, simply open the web site in your browser and briefly disable your advert blocker to check out the adverts, now open the desktop app, and you’ll see that the identical adverts seem within the Climate app.

Microsoft Climate app shows adverts on each web page

Home windows Newest noticed the addition of extra adverts within the Climate app, and it will get worse. The commercials are persistent, i.e. they’re pinned, so they’re at all times displayed even while you scroll down the display screen.

Ghacks can affirm that the adverts seem within the app, the principle web page shows the banners on the proper facet of the display screen. However that’s not the one place the place you’ll encounter the adverts, they really seem in each web page within the Climate app. Change to a different tab within the sidebar, and you’ll discover that the adverts seem there too. The adverts are proven on the left facet of the display screen within the Map pages. There are not any choices to cover or shut the adverts, except you block some servers through the hosts file, however it could take some effort to dig in to seek out the data.

That is a disgrace, as a result of the climate information is definitely fairly good. However right here is the excellent news, the commercials solely seem in maximized mode, so all it’s worthwhile to do is use the app within the smaller window. The dangerous information is that this trick solely works with the principle web page, i.e. the Forecast tab within the Climate app, so the adverts nonetheless seem on all the opposite pages.

The adverts aren’t the one annoyances within the Climate app, additionally, you will see information articles from varied retailers, and most of those perhaps irrelevant to the situation, except you modify the Version (area) within the App’s Settings. Chances are you’ll need to think about using Safing’s Portmaster app, or AdGuard, or arrange Pi-hole through Docker, to dam adverts system-wide in Home windows 11.

On a facet observe, the Climate app now has a fluent design with blur and transparency results that may be seen within the menu, predominant web page, and the tiles. The sidebar has some new choices, now you can change between the every day, weekly, month-to-month, forecasts, maps and different information.

Microsoft’s advert methods have been somewhat pushy, and anti-consumer. The Redmond firm has been pushing adverts aggressively in varied apps, together with Sport Cross adverts within the Settings app in Home windows 11. We have now additionally seen promotions for Microsoft 365 within the Begin Menu, the Settings, and the brand new Outlook app. Even Home windows Defender shows a warning to arrange OneDrive to guard your self from ransomware assaults.

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