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Devs slam Microsoft for injecting tech-support scam ads into their Windows Store apps

Dr.Flay
Stop

Adware is Adware

disgruntled coder at GameFace.LLC. "How do you expect users to trust using any app on the Microsoft Store when they keep having a browser popped open with an obvious scam site?"

disgruntled user at Home. "How do you expect users to trust using any app on the Microsoft Store when they keep having adverts in them ?"

Ummm, so if you download software from a developers own site and spams you with adverts, that is called Adware and blocked by AV.

But if you download it from an official appstore where they take a cut of the revenue, it is not Adware and so AV should not block it.

Isn't that called anti-competitive practice ?

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