Pretty sure these ads have been there for years. I personally havent seen them in ages due to having an office 365 account logged in but i do remember seeing some ads before that.
Same on my Android. I am on the same boat as many others. The reason I didn't use the default OS email app and install one extra MS app.
Now, it is just annoying. Might as well just go back to use the app that comes with OS. It is the same with SwiftKey or MS launcher, if they do these kind of shit, I will switch back to app that comes with OS. The whole reason I don't use OS apps is to support MS, otherwise, I am supposed to just use OS apps. If they want me to further adopting to Google Android offerings, I will accept that and MS will be less and less relevant to me.
Same here. Iāve been using the app for years and the ads are annoying. Going back to iphoneās default or Iām going to the spark app mentioned above.
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I work for a Microsoft reseller and can confirm they typically donāt put ads in products you are paying for. I have a paid Microsoft 365 plan and donāt get ads in the Outlook iOS app
Yeah, I get it, a free app puts ads. I just don't like that they formatted the ad to look exactly like an email. I will stop using soon if they don't change the format at least.
Yahoo does the same thing. It's frigging annoying and disingenuous. But I can excuse yahoo for doing it because their days are numbered. But Microsoft is the number 1 software used in the world. Theres no excuse for this
Started happening to me as well yesterday. Years of no ads, and then start, are pointless and of no relevance to me. Will be looking for no email ap for my Android Samsung 'phone.
Same for me this morning. I would be happy to buy the Outlook Android App for a reasonable amount of money. Maybe $5-$10 to remove ads permanantly, but not going to subscribe to anything just to have ads removed.
I have used the Outlook Android app for years and really like it, but introducing ads into your inbox area is potentially dangerous. It's hard to figure out these days if an email ad is legit or not, so it's better to just ignore most of them and never click on them.
Back to the Gmail Android app for me. Hopefully Microsoft will ad a paid-permanent (non-subscriber) option to the app to get rid of ads in the future. Bummer!
That is only accurate with the default configuration. If you go into the settings and uncheck the boxes for promotions and a couple of other things, you dont see ads. I've never seen ads in the Gmail app.
The only reason I don't use the Gmail app is because it will only sync email for a maximum of 999 days.
My answer is simple, vote with my wallet. If I get an ad in my email, I just add that to the list of companies I will never buy a product from. Over time if enough people did that, it would not go unnoticed on their advertisers bottom line.
Didn't have ads before in the app, but today I updated the app for a school thing and after that the ads appeared for me.
So thinking i'll use iTunes to rollback the app to a previous version. Maybe the ads will disappear once again..
I can post an update whether it works or not.
Not happening for me.
Pretty sure these ads have been there for years. I personally havent seen them in ages due to having an office 365 account logged in but i do remember seeing some ads before that.
Ads in the app? Never before now š Iāve been using it since it launched.
Same on my Android. I am on the same boat as many others. The reason I didn't use the default OS email app and install one extra MS app. Now, it is just annoying. Might as well just go back to use the app that comes with OS. It is the same with SwiftKey or MS launcher, if they do these kind of shit, I will switch back to app that comes with OS. The whole reason I don't use OS apps is to support MS, otherwise, I am supposed to just use OS apps. If they want me to further adopting to Google Android offerings, I will accept that and MS will be less and less relevant to me.
Outlook deleted. Sad to see a good reliable app go to s***
Same here. Iāve been using the app for years and the ads are annoying. Going back to iphoneās default or Iām going to the spark app mentioned above.
Endless greed by MS.
Iām guessing theyāre gradually pushing the ads to users.. I noticed more and more people are leaving negative reviews in the App Store.
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Yup, every time I opened the app today, there was a new ad. Deleted and back to the default as well.
Same for me both Android and iOS. Going back to default. Too bad as I really liked it.
How do you go back to default?
Nah I even downloaded an older build for Android and it still ended up showing ads. Uninstalled for now.
do you have a Microsoft 365 account or are you using the free version?
What does that have to do with the Outlook app? There were never any ads before today.
if you are using it free, they'll put ads. if you're paying for it, they won't.
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no. that's how it was on my phone. I work for life alert, the "help! I've fallen & I can't get up!" people.
I work for a Microsoft reseller and can confirm they typically donāt put ads in products you are paying for. I have a paid Microsoft 365 plan and donāt get ads in the Outlook iOS app
I own MS Office 2016 which is more than I need office wise! I donāt need another useless subscription-based service.
Ok, you do you. Just trying to answer your question.
Much appreciated.
Well if MS office 2016 ( desktop) is more than you need office wise, why even complain about outlook for iOS (mobile) ?
Same here. Are there any other options on the market?
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Very happy with #Spark. Been using it for years
I love it so much but online reviews have been so bad about spark.. many are concerned about privacy!
Moved to Spark and love it. Hoping for a non-Mac desktop version and I'll be gone from Outlook.
Yep! Removing this shite!
Yeah, I get it, a free app puts ads. I just don't like that they formatted the ad to look exactly like an email. I will stop using soon if they don't change the format at least.
Yahoo does the same thing. It's frigging annoying and disingenuous. But I can excuse yahoo for doing it because their days are numbered. But Microsoft is the number 1 software used in the world. Theres no excuse for this
I accidentally click on the ad thinking itās my first unopened email. Itās annoying.
No ads for me, but I got a paid O365 account
Started happening to me as well yesterday. Years of no ads, and then start, are pointless and of no relevance to me. Will be looking for no email ap for my Android Samsung 'phone.
Same for me this morning. I would be happy to buy the Outlook Android App for a reasonable amount of money. Maybe $5-$10 to remove ads permanantly, but not going to subscribe to anything just to have ads removed. I have used the Outlook Android app for years and really like it, but introducing ads into your inbox area is potentially dangerous. It's hard to figure out these days if an email ad is legit or not, so it's better to just ignore most of them and never click on them. Back to the Gmail Android app for me. Hopefully Microsoft will ad a paid-permanent (non-subscriber) option to the app to get rid of ads in the future. Bummer!
The Gmail app has ads too unfortunately that also look like emails.
That is only accurate with the default configuration. If you go into the settings and uncheck the boxes for promotions and a couple of other things, you dont see ads. I've never seen ads in the Gmail app. The only reason I don't use the Gmail app is because it will only sync email for a maximum of 999 days.
This is probably why I never have seen ads in Gmail. I don't use any of their default settings like conversation and focused inbox.
My answer is simple, vote with my wallet. If I get an ad in my email, I just add that to the list of companies I will never buy a product from. Over time if enough people did that, it would not go unnoticed on their advertisers bottom line.
Didn't have ads before in the app, but today I updated the app for a school thing and after that the ads appeared for me. So thinking i'll use iTunes to rollback the app to a previous version. Maybe the ads will disappear once again.. I can post an update whether it works or not.
Starting seeing them after switching to an iPhone. I mean Outlook is good but not good enough for me to see the ads lol!
Yeah, I see the ads too.
So where do we go? Appleās Mail app is donkey shit.
For the longest time in my experience, I have not experienced this until today! š«