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		scholia on Dec 12, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: uBlock Origin for Microsoft Edge Not really. Microsoft has almost no ad business. Most of its ads are actually sold by AOL. Are you complaining about actual paid advertisements, eg for beer, or the "suggestions" that you can turn off?

louhike on Dec 12, 2016 [–]

Isn't Microsoft behind most Facebook ads?

scholia on Dec 12, 2016 | [–]

No, there's no connection, as far as I know.

Facebook bought the Atlas Advertiser Suite from Microsoft. However, Microsoft outsourced its non-Bing ad sales business to AOL, along with 1,200 staff.

http://fortune.com/2015/06/29/aol-is-taking-over-microsofts-...

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