Microsoft’s new Windows prompts try to stop people downloading Chrome

Post by pseudalopex » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 2:20 PM UTC

throwaway4220 wrote: post #22

prepend wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t like this new form of writing, I’m not sure what it’s called. It’s not just informal, it’s cringy. I especially hate funny error messages as they just frustrate me. It’s ok when Reddit has a funny image because they can’t show my video game forum, but it’s infuriating when Microsoft shows a “whoops, what happened” when it just failed to sync the last 30 minutes of my work document.

Maybe it's a generation gap, but I've seen this in other places. I got a text message from my student loan servicer - It "needs 2know if U wish 2stay in Autopay". I thought it was spam, but it's real. Do Gen Zers really think this is okay, or am I getting too old

Post by OldHand2018 » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 2:22 PM UTC

IiydAbITMvJkqKf wrote: post #6

Jyaif wrote: post #3

Additional ideas for Edge's PMs: silently corrupt Chrome's binary at download time, and mark the website and the binary as dangerous.

Windows can force Chrome to use software rendering for "stability" reasons.

Post by dgellow » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 2:25 PM UTC

nojito wrote: post #35

0x_rs wrote: post #30

I heard some people having a decent time with Edge in the past with some features implementations. Not that I would use it myself, but I'm firmly convinced these childish plays only ruin whatever good work was done on it. Who on Earth would continue using a browser that has such hostile behavior and dark patterns all over the place e.g., buy-now-pay-later at browser level? It's so hard to trust Microsoft anyway, I'm…

How is this any different than what google does in google app?

Post by boomboomsubban » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 2:27 PM UTC

prepend wrote: post #16

JCWasmx86 wrote: post #4

> “‘I hate saving money,’ said no one ever. Microsoft Edge is the best browser for online shopping.” This is really cringe

I don’t like this new form of writing, I’m not sure what it’s called. It’s not just informal, it’s cringy. I especially hate funny error messages as they just frustrate me. It’s ok when Reddit has a funny image because they can’t show my video game forum, but it’s infuriating when Microsoft shows a “whoops, what happened” when it just failed to sync the last 30 minutes of my work document.

Post by thesuperbigfrog » Thu, Dec 02, 2021, 2:30 PM UTC

thesuperbigfrog wrote: post #10

"Microsoft Edge runs on the same technology as Chrome, with the added trust of Microsoft." They named their user tracking, telemetry, and "Buy Now, Pay Later" add-ons "trust"? That's really Orwellian.