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Microsoft Edge/MSN Ads on videos has forced me to stop using it
I cannot believe that Microsoft Edge's home page (MSN) now inserts commercial ads into most every video article it posts. As I try to watch the article, ads now pop up, frequently more than one. It forces me to either sit through watching the ads to read some mundane article or close the video and get off the browser. I am soooo sick of advertising trying to get me to spend money on some stupid product.
I have now found myself closing the browser and not using Edge/MSN most of the time now. What a waste. At least Firefox and Google have not started doing this (yet). Has anyone else found this to be true?
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First ads may kicks in within 15secs for 1min video and some ads may comes in when the video starts!!!
21mins video with lots of insertion, so annoying, its too much for a video, on 3rd ads within a short period, i closed the browser and used the description and search for the video with Brave/Perplexity and watch elsewhere outside msnAfter a full reinstall of Windows, I decided to give Microsoft Edge a second chance. I hadn’t used it in years because of the relentless MSN feed intrusion, but I thought maybe things had improved.
That was a mistake. I’ve lost hours trying to completely eliminate MSN content. I successfully set startup and new tab pages to blank, but MSN feeds still appear in background tabs without any prompt. It’s not just persistent—it’s invasive.
Microsoft’s tactics here feel deliberately aggressive. Under normal circumstances, this kind of forced content would drive users away. Yet strangely, the majority seem unfazed. That’s what’s most concerning: not just the design choices, but the quiet acceptance of them.
I’ve now abandoned Edge entirely. I no longer care about fixing it—I care about calling out a strategy that undermines user choice and wastes valuable time.
I agree 10000%. The ads destroy my use of the website.
Hey MSN & Adobe....burn in an above tropical place. You have ruined the page as a "let's get started with the top news of the day" page to an insulting money grab. I'm going to Yahoo and it's your fault MSN...plus, I'll never ever buy any Adobe product either.
