With Windows 10, Microsoft upped the ante and dealt out a hand of ad-supported Klondike, Spider, Freecell, Pyramid and Tri-Peaks.
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Solitaire has been an ever-present feature for most Windows users, and Windows 10 doesn’t break from that tradition. It includes lots of different variants of the classic card game. The Windows 10 version of the world’s most famous free game this side of Minesweeper is ready for the taking, but there is a catch.
Players are saying that the Solitaire advertisements will randomly cover the entire game screen for a full 15 to 30 seconds, making it impossible to enjoy the game, especially if you like keeping score with time. The Solitaire Premium Edition for Windows 8.1 is exactly the same, but it’s offered as a separate app in the Microsoft Store, rather than being bundled with the OS.
There’s a big caveat to note here before we even begin – Windows 10 is now free to the vast majority of Windows owners. Maybe you learned to use a mouse with it. Maybe its constant inclusion in the basic OS package means it was the only game installed on your work or school PC, and you spent hundreds of hours procrastinating with it.
Wait, before you stand up and start the standing ovation you want to give to Microsoft for not putting up a price for Xbox App or features it offers.
A premium membership will set you back $1.49 a month, or $9.99 for a whole year. In addition to no ads, there’s also a chance to earn coins for “Daily Challenges”.
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Windows 10 itself is free, so complaining too much about this might seem ungracious.
