this post was submitted on 31 Mar 2026
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[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Raycast says they had nothing to do with the ad, and learnt of it only when the Hacker News thread took off.

Wait but like that means that MSFT didn't get money for the ad from Raycast? So like, they just put ads into stuff for no reason whatsoever??

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 2 points 17 hours ago

So MS claims, that they don't have ad deals for this!

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 17 hours ago

I can't even pause my tv without it showing me an add. Those ads are more invasive than zebra mussels or don trump!

[–] gerikson@awful.systems 3 points 23 hours ago

Kinda crazy that these date from 2025 and no-one has noticed (or bothered to complain) until now.