Sure to annoy IT people but those just need a line of text while the rest of the screen is free real estate for Micro$oft! Public BSODs tend to go viral too.
This is so cynical and absurd I kind of expect it to happen. Late stage capitalism, yay.
“Your computer might be fucked or whatever. Maybe do some shit about it. Brought to you by Carl’s Jr. We love you.”
Don’t forget Brawndo, it’s what computers crave.
“You seem to have no idea what this screen means. You might be interested in McAfee.”
Brought to you by
Carl’s JrCOSTCO. We love you.ftfy
Don’t give the motherfuckers ideas.
They are already kinda doing this. The QR code resolves to http://www.windows.com/stopcode, which has a Microsoft 365 ad (who would have guessed?)
Edit: the pic I scanned was old, they have since changed it to “https” to close a trivial MITM attack vector for tech support scam websites.
Their most popular page, a goldmine of opportunity.
Too bad bluescreened computers likely won’t report back viewership stats
(It’s a joke, I know that the very existence of a bluescreen literally means that the processor has not hung but it has been detected that proceeding to run userspace code might result in undefined behavior; the network stack might remain functional throughout)
Steve Jobs would have bought that ad space
Alternative universe: In order to pay back Microsoft for saving them from bankruptcy, Apple buys up ad space on Windows BSODs.
lol, you might. others might.
i haven’t used windows in decades.
You probably know what a BSOD is
You can go back to the dark place you came from. I’m sure ads on the BSOD are in the works
They can barely show useful information on that screen, how they can show ads?
For example, the qr code is completely useless - you would expect to send the user to a page that explains the problem or even just search the error string on Bing, but no, it sends to a placeholder page that doesn’t say anything useful
That’s where the innovation could happen. It could take users to a page that prompts them to download Microsoft Edge for mobile and then does nothing else