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We might see Microsoft adding ads to BSOD
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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
There is no profit motive in making bluescreens more 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