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i'm sorry, i've been out of the loop, and i haven't used windows on my own machines since XP quit being supported, but, fucking ads in the OS. i don't know if you're having me on or not.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-experiments-with-ads-in-the-windows-11-start-menu
https://www.pcmag.com/news/microsoft-experiments-with-ads-in-windows-11-file-explorer
It's ads for other Microsoft products, and some things that will very obviously get ads in the future, like news, but actually don't and nobody can explain how.
So yes, there are ads, but not the way you probably imagined. (Yet?)
And candy crush, don't forget the OG!
Imagine playing solitaire and everytime you flip the draw pile a 30 second unskippable online casino ad plays.
I have seen mobile games that are like this.
Some even happen to be popular, so I have no idea what people consider fun.