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Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by jeltz »

postalrat wrote: post #6
frob wrote: post #4

Windows is just full of hostile, anti-user patterns these days. I've considered building a windows box just to have a gaming rig multiple times over the last few years, but every time an article like this or their crusade against Chrome reminds me that Bill Gates is still the same anti-trust monster he was in the 90s.

Well at least Microsoft allows you to install other browsers. Apple only allows skins for their mobile browser.

That is on iOS, on MacOS they allow other browsers and respect the systemwide defaults.

Personally I use Linux unless forced to use something else by my employer.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by [deleted] »

postalrat wrote: post #6
frob wrote: post #4

Windows is just full of hostile, anti-user patterns these days. I've considered building a windows box just to have a gaming rig multiple times over the last few years, but every time an article like this or their crusade against Chrome reminds me that Bill Gates is still the same anti-trust monster he was in the 90s.

Well at least Microsoft allows you to install other browsers. Apple only allows skins for their mobile browser.

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Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by reliablereason »

userbinator wrote: post #10

Microsoft is always striving to improve and streamline our product experiences—offering a new way to use the classic Microsoft Outlook app on Windows and the Microsoft Edge web browser. to help you stay engaged in conversations as you browse the web. I wonder if the people who write this sort of BS-filled prose really believe in what they're writing. To be completely honest, the style almost sounds like LLM output.

It is likely written by some copywriter. That person believes in nothing, they are simply performing a task that has been assigned to them.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by AdmiralAsshat »

trollied wrote: post #5

The title is a little clickbaity - the behaviour can be changed: “ Ultimately though, if this experience isn't right for you, you can turn off this feature the first time it launches in Microsoft Edge, and then in Outlook settings at any time after that. ” Having said that, Microsoft seem to be entering another phase of baiting antitrust regulators.

It can, although having just received it this morning, it definitely changes first and asks you to roll it back afterwards, rather than being opt-in. It's still obnoxious.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by tylerag »

trollied wrote: post #5

The title is a little clickbaity - the behaviour can be changed: “ Ultimately though, if this experience isn't right for you, you can turn off this feature the first time it launches in Microsoft Edge, and then in Outlook settings at any time after that. ” Having said that, Microsoft seem to be entering another phase of baiting antitrust regulators.

Shitty behavior isn't excusable just because there's a setting to disable it.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by vladvasiliu »

trollied wrote: post #5

The title is a little clickbaity - the behaviour can be changed: “ Ultimately though, if this experience isn't right for you, you can turn off this feature the first time it launches in Microsoft Edge, and then in Outlook settings at any time after that. ” Having said that, Microsoft seem to be entering another phase of baiting antitrust regulators.

It's not. The title is about the default behavior. Being able to manually change it in an ad-hoc manner, not in the default os settings, confirms the title is correct.

Re: Outlook now ignores Windows' Default Browser and opens links in Edge by default

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Post by blq10 »

userbinator wrote: post #10

Microsoft is always striving to improve and streamline our product experiences—offering a new way to use the classic Microsoft Outlook app on Windows and the Microsoft Edge web browser. to help you stay engaged in conversations as you browse the web. I wonder if the people who write this sort of BS-filled prose really believe in what they're writing. To be completely honest, the style almost sounds like LLM output.

They usually believe some of it, because they're spin doctors not idiots.

Edge is pretty OK, good even compared to Firefox's speed issues and Chrome being Chrome.

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