I don't see the big deal, they replaced IE with Edge and IE has been in the desktop since Win95.
So you're ok with the OS disrespecting your choices and changing things behind your back?
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#22It happens when Edge updates which, like Chrome, happens fairly frequently so I can understand why you might think that it is forced. But you can delete it and not have it appear until Edge updates again. Note that Adobe Acrobat Reader is one of many that does the same thing, it used to do it, stopped for a while, and is now doing it again. My errant thought is that this sort of thing happens when the marketing depar…
That's what I keep telling people about consent, but they're not very receptive. Strange.
It's not really forced, since it only happens sometimes. Look, I can see you might think something is still done without your consent and without your best interest in mind, but actually you can go an entire night or evening without anything happening! It only happens fairly frequently.
We just need to weaken words a bit until bad things that happen every so often are actually just normal things. Consent is not really necessary anyways, people just get used to being screwed with if you gaslight them slow enough.
Edge isn't so bad anyways. It's basically Chrome, and you already love Chrome. What you really wanted was an Edge icon on your desktop, so it's helpful that the software improved your experience. If you just try to understand instead of fighting it, you'll get used to it.
It's not really forced, it's just anticipated consent. You'll accept these small things eventually, we just haven't made you realize it yet.
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#23I wonder what happens in case the desktop is full of other icons or even better: folders with important stuff).
Get's one removed randomly to be replaced by Edge?
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#24When I'm using something free of charge I don't mind small annoyances like this.
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#25Here's a guide on how to prevent this from happening: https://www.ghacks.net/2023/01/21/how-to-block-microsoft-edg...
> The workaround requires edits of the Registry. There is a global edit that applies to all Edge channels and edits for each individual version of the web browser.
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#26When I'm using something free of charge I don't mind small annoyances like this.
Linux is also free and doesn't have this problem.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yes, switch to Mac so you can get forced “Try Safari!” popups instead.
What? You may see a popup once, on first run after switching default, just like every other browser .
You also get it on OS upgrades. But seeing as these are only once a year this seems like not too big a deal to me.
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#28When I'm using something free of charge I don't mind small annoyances like this.
Free of charge??? Since when is Microsoft Windows free?
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#29When I'm using something free of charge I don't mind small annoyances like this.
Free of charge??? Since when is Microsoft Windows free?
It’s not free. They just let people steal more easily these days. And some who steal it consider the ads as a justification.
It is indeed a $100-200 OS with ads in the start menu.
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#30Does anyone have a list of all the dark patterns Microsoft has used to push IE, Bing, and Edge? It's truly astounding.