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I wonder how long it'll take Microsoft to completely ruin their reputation with companies again after they took so long to recover it.
Business is entrenched. There's no getting away from them.
Look at the VMware fiasco, companies will continue to pay their extortionist prices because it's still less than paying for, and risking transition.
Also, in business, Group Policy is used, preventing this sort of thing.
Unfortunately Group Policy isn't bullet proof, Microsoft has a history of sneaking in "features" like this as part of an update, but without any corresponding policy to disable it.
It's also a moving target. There isn't one simple 'turn off the ads; turn off the tracking' group policy. It requires repeated research and effort by the IT team playing wack-a-mole with this stuff.