Bing Wallpaper showing Ad for Harry Potter and Fantastic beasts box set

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Bing Wallpaper showing Ad for Harry Potter and Fantastic beasts box set

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Article URL: https://www.thurrott.com/forums/microsoft/windows/thread/bing-wallpaper-showing-ad-for-harry-potter-and-fantastic-beasts-box-set

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599719

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  • • Microsoft's Bing Wallpaper app replaced user backgrounds with a Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts box set advertisement.

  • • Users on forums like Thurrott and Hacker News are labeling the app's behavior as malware-like.

  • • This incident highlights Microsoft using a utility app as a direct channel for corporate promotional content.

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Bing Wallpaper showing Ad for Harry Potter and Fantastic beasts box set

I have been using Bing Wallpaper happily for years. Today, for the first time I noticed a hecking ad in place of my wallpaper. Why this level of nickel and diming. This is atrocious UX, its ad over entire screen, For a moment I thought I installed some adware malware.

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