Much too little, much too late. Nothing I own runs Windows any more. I now swear at computers much less often.
Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
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Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
Where is Apple 'intentionally abusing their users by disrespecting their preferences'?
When someone texts me an address, the only option is “Open in Maps” which is for Apple Maps, when I’d clearly prefer Google Maps. When I click on an address in FB Messenger, I get the “open in google maps or Apple Maps” prompt, but choosing Google Maps just takes me to the Google Maps App Store page, even though I have the app installed and updated. If there is a solution to this problem (where my attempts failed for…
There’s no solution here and it’s not Apple’s fault either. This is due to the way Facebook Messenger chooses to open Google Maps via URL to the App Store Page instead of checking if Google Maps is installed, then opening with a Google Maps URL scheme registered by the app.
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
We don’t police tech monopolies in the USA, they are actually in charge because all of Congress owns the SP500, which is dominated by tech. We have to find a way out of this dystopia spiral.
That's not quite it. The US doesn't, in general, give any extra rights or protections to its people without a bit of force, and then one is lucky. Hence, no real consumer protection (which would include this). No signing of a thing giving rights for children, and so on. The rights folks legally have were grand enough 200 years ago, but have become substandard over time with little upgrading.
It wasn't that long ago when Microsoft got sued (in the US) for not allowing people to uninstall and replace Internet Explorer.
Something has changed since then that has made US anti-trust much "lazier".
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#144Earlier quoted context omitted.
They respect it on Mac and don't let you have a non WebKit browser on iOS
The hard and fast rule is: you're not permitted to have a source code interpreter. That's the "rules of engagement", same way you can't run Flash or Linux binaries; the same way you can't touch windows kernel space without a code-signing certificate from a eye-gouging authority. Exceptions to apples rule are rarely given, even for educational purposes; such as pythonista. When taken though that lens; if we hadn't tur…
> the original vision for the iPhone was web-apps not native ones
As I heard, that was just the cover story to hide the fact that the original iPhone was too slow to properly run Flash (or native apps).
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#145Earlier quoted context omitted.
The hard and fast rule is: you're not permitted to have a source code interpreter. That's the "rules of engagement", same way you can't run Flash or Linux binaries; the same way you can't touch windows kernel space without a code-signing certificate from a eye-gouging authority. Exceptions to apples rule are rarely given, even for educational purposes; such as pythonista. When taken though that lens; if we hadn't tur…
> the original vision for the iPhone was web-apps not native ones As I heard, that was just the cover story to hide the fact that the original iPhone was too slow to properly run Flash (or native apps).
too slow for native apps.
Read that again to yourself, slowly.
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#146Earlier quoted context omitted.
The hard and fast rule is: you're not permitted to have a source code interpreter. That's the "rules of engagement", same way you can't run Flash or Linux binaries; the same way you can't touch windows kernel space without a code-signing certificate from a eye-gouging authority. Exceptions to apples rule are rarely given, even for educational purposes; such as pythonista. When taken though that lens; if we hadn't tur…
> if we hadn't turned everything into a fucking web-app It's rich to hear this used as a defense of any corporation. Everything is a web app now because nobody got their act together to ship a true "write once, ship anywhere" platform. Microsoft smugly profited off this in the short term with Windows, and Apple used it as an excuse to double-down on their proprietary SDKs. It's obvious why everything is a webapp; wha…
Situation is not better on the desktop, it's just ironically not as annoying because of the insane dominance of Windows.
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, they get the benefit of tariff-free and non-tariff-barrier-free trade in goods and services with EU members. That's a huge deal.
But tariff free trade for goods benefits the EU more as the UK service sector is bigger than their goods sector. UK services companies (especially regulated services like finance, law, etc) are at a disadvantage to EU companies because the UK companies don't have equivalency (i.e. the either need extra checks (costs) to operate in the EU, or need to open a corporate office in the EU). And, the UK recently decided to…
> UK food inflation is still higher than just about all EU countries even without the checks
Have you considered that UK food inflation is higher precisely because they're not in the single market?
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#148How do I make Windows 11 think I'm in the EU?
When you're at the point of tricking your operating system into thinking you're in a different country to make it function properly, it may be time to try a new OS. macOS has excellent compatibility with 95% of windows software through Parallels, and also respects your choice of browser. I have Firefox, Chrome, Tor Browser and Brave running next to my current browser of preference, Safari. But switching back and fort…
Except you can't just try the new OS, you also have to spend thousands of dollars on "compatible" hardware.
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#149Neat! But why not respect the users choice everywhere on earth?
I love Microsoft, but I hate whoever is controlling all these awful choices for their OS. Lets be real its probably a marketing team trying to sell office and whatever else. I just want a version of Windows for actual professionals with no nonsense on it. Slim it down, make it feel like I'm on a 2023 machine with the minimalism of like idk Windows XP or Windows 7. No nonsense.
> I love Microsoft, but I hate whoever is controlling all these awful choices for their OS.
“If only the tsar knew!”
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#150Neat! But why not respect the users choice everywhere on earth?
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