Pirat_Nation 🔴(@Pirat_Nation):Microsoft appears to be testing an aggressive way of advertising on Windows 11: using your desktop wallpaper as ad space. Using the Bing Wallpaper app have shows a full-screen promotional image for the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film collection instead of the usual landscape wallpapers when unlocking their PCs. This is not a Windows 11-wide ad rollout, It appears tied just to the Bing app, so you will not necessarily see it if you use Windows’ own wallpaper options. Microsoft has been trying to improve Windows 11’s reputation lately, but moves like this still shows they are microslop

2026.09.08 21:05

Microsoft appears to be testing an aggressive way of advertising on Windows 11: using your desktop wallpaper as ad space. Using the Bing Wallpaper app have shows a full-screen promotional image for the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts film collection instead of the usual landscape wallpapers when unlocking their PCs. This is not a Windows 11-wide ad rollout, It appears tied just to the Bing app, so you will not necessarily see it if you use Windows’ own wallpaper options. Microsoft has been trying to improve Windows 11’s reputation lately, but moves like this still shows they are microslop