I also don't see any ads in my own Windows 11 installation start menu, just pinned apps and the latest files I have accessed [1]. Also, the start menu search functionality works flawlessly for me, always showing me the app or file I want. Hell, it even shows you power-user stuff really intuitively. Previously if you wanted to go into the windows registry editor, you had to know the right incantation, but now, all you have to do is hit the Windows/Meta key and type 'reg' and the registry editor already pups up as the first suggestion and hit enter. Lovely.
A lot of these blog posts (like many comments in this thread sadly) are low effort hate/FUD for farming clickbait/karma rather than objective analysis.
A lot of these blog posts (like many comments in this thread sadly) are low effort hate/FUD for farming clickbait/karma rather than objective analysis.
[1] https://imgur.com/a/VhkMeRr