Ads appeared in the standard Windows application

The popular Wordpad application, which has been in Microsoft's operating system since Windows 95, rarely gets updates. And the next version brought far from the best changes.

A Twitter user discovered that WordPad now suggests switching to full-fledged Word - seemingly provided that the system could not find installed programs from the package.

BREAKSCLUSIVE: Microsoft WordPad is getting a new feature! An ad for Office web apps!

Screenshot shows 6 experimental variants.

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- Rafael Rivera (@WithinRafael) January 20, 2020

In total, the author of the post found 6 variations of such advertising: the system advises not only Word, but also Excel, Powerpoint and Office Online. Earlier in December, similar ads began appearing in the calendar and standard email client - though they advertise the Outlook mobile app.