Microsoft quietly launched an ad-free subscription for Solitaire a decade ago. Now, Microsoft has added similar subscriptions ...

Smartphones weren’t invented when I was a child, and I wasn’t keen on my children playing on my phone if they didn’t need to.

Classic Solitaire Klondike is the best free solitaire game that we could find. It has no in-app purchases, no ads, and no-nonsense. It’s just your basic, classic solitaire.

Removing the ads costs $1.49 a month, or $9.99 a year. The Windows 10 free upgrade is finally here, and lurking in the shadows of the start menu is the triumphant return of Solitaire.But playing ...

They want you to pay $1.50 per month to remove ads from Solitaire. Deep within Windows 10 is one of the odder things you’ll ever find within a Microsoft product: Microsoft Solitaire Collection ...

Well, no more. Solitaire was a gift, and what Microsoft giveth, it can taketh away - as with Windows 8, which didn't include Solitaire, but instead offered it as an optional, freemium download.

I've no issue with the ad-based business model, and I feel that the way that the ads are displayed in Solitaire app isn't overly annoying (it's just a full-screen when you first load the game).

It's not a one-off purchase, either. To keep the ads at bay, you'll have to pay $1.49/month or $10/year. To be entirely fair, this is the same as on the Windows 8 version, which wasn't installed ...

As for the video ads, they show up randomly in between games and are a full-screen takeover video ad that takes up around 30 seconds. You can pay $9.99 per year for premium Solitaire, or pay $1.49 ...