Some "assistance" from MS Edge to try to get me to change my default browser
Posted Sep 23, 2021, 10:24 PM UTC
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It is even in the Windows settings menu displayed in a way that makes it appear as if your machine has an issue (by not using Edge).
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Updates reinstall the damn thing too. Like Jesus… do I have to revouninstall it after every update?? Also I hate the cloud - ‘we’re sorry but we can only save your file where you want it because you don’t appear to be connected to the cloud. Error. Should we fix?’
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I love its salty tears as I immediately search for "chrome"
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Edge is pretty great to be fair. I use edge and Firefox. I don't touch chrome
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Pizza is pretty great too but if someone tried to trick me into eating it when I didn't want to I'd still be mad.
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Good analogy lol
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Until recently I used Outlook on Android. But it made me mad because it started trying to load Bing search into my long press context menu, so I uninstalled it. I wish MS would stop with the underhanded tactics. Like you said, Edge is a good browser, but they aren't content to let it suck up Firefox market share on its own merits
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Edge is Chromium, though.
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Chromium is not chrome. Chrome is based on chromium
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Yes, correct.
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Yes and so is Edge, but without all the trackers from Google.
Remember, Google is primarily an advertising company. Everything they own and do revolves around ads. You're the product.
I'm not saying Edge doesn't have some trackers in there as well, but I trust them more.
For me it's like this: Facebook < Google << Amazon < Microsoft < apple
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Don’t you dare compare edge with Firefox
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As added heat to this one, this pop-up doesn't just appear with the browser, there's numerous others that are either this or just like this. Just the other day my windows machine was losing its shit, and I tried to fix it, and this pop-up got in the way, almost changed my default. So, this is an actual dark pattern, it shows up in non intuitive places and your instinct will click through it.
Exactly. I almost did fell for it. Feels like they tried really hard to make this one as manipulative as possible