They're almost right though. People should ditch Chrome indeed. But they should ditch it for Firefox not Edge.
Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome
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#52What really annoys me about Windows: I build my own PC and bought a new license for Windows Professional and it still is filled with adware and other MS bullshit. Like what does "professional" even mean? Steve Jobs said it best: they have no taste.
Professional means you can run IIS and Hyper-V, maybe join a domain.
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#53I'm a big fan of WSL, which has kept me on Windows for years more than I otherwise would have.
But I can't stand the scammy adware infused OS Windows has become and will be moving to Apple Silicon full-time when the next gen M3 Desktop hardware is out.
As a recent M2 Macbook Air owner I'm surprised how much software supports ARM/Apple Silicon natively, where everything I use daily as a .NET developer worked OOB [1]. It's also great for running multiple OS's, e.g. you can install a headless Ubuntu with `brew install lima` or install and run latest ARM Windows 11, Ubuntu and Fedora OS's with UTM [2] which saved me a Parallels License I thought I needed to run Windows on macOS.
[1] https://servicestack.net/posts/postgres-mysql-sqlserver-on-a...
Re: Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome
#54All Microsoft applications such as Teams, Outlook now open links only on Edge, completely ignoring the default browser setting.
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#55I am just saddened employees inside don't comment/protest at the UI/UX/managers. - Do most employees think and accept this is ethical for the longterm of the IT? - Do they not think it is destroying the reputation? - Do the employees not think if they later found a browser or other OS - such behavious is immoral from both economic and technological perspective?
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#56"You might argue that this is Microsoft’s operating system, or that when using Microsoft’s browser and search engine it’s well within its rights to try and sway people away from Chrome." "Microsoft’s behaviors here are totally beyond a simple webpage prompt. I shouldn’t have to be dismissing pop-ups that appear on top of my apps and games, or ones that magically appear after I update my copy of Windows." Windows 11 i…
> What should Windows 11 users do to let Microsoft know that such behaviors are intrusive and offensive? Leave it for a proper OS. It might not be possible for your company issued computers if they don't allow you to use something else[1][2] but for your personnal uses it is fairly easy. [1] I doubt it would be configured to receive popup ads in that context anyway [2] Having a toxic work environment is a good reason…
Microsoft is enrained in industrial and businesses because of legacy. Example is that number of industrial sensors need an application to configure their operating parameters, Often they only run on Windows OS. The need to run legacy prevents moving to an different OS
IT is often engrained in Microsoft's environments. It is by no means easy to walk away from Microsoft unless it is personal computing.
At least now at work, I was given a research ticket to find out which legacy Windows OS applications are viable to run in WINE. And how viable it would be move our main product application away from Windows.
PS. You have to pay me to engage with Microsoft and run Windows OS.
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#57Microsoft prioritises itself, then its partners, then enterprise and then the consumer.
This aligns with that. file it as a bug if it pops up when DND is on
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#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
> What should Windows 11 users do to let Microsoft know that such behaviors are intrusive and offensive? Leave it for a proper OS. It might not be possible for your company issued computers if they don't allow you to use something else[1][2] but for your personnal uses it is fairly easy. [1] I doubt it would be configured to receive popup ads in that context anyway [2] Having a toxic work environment is a good reason…
> Leave it for a proper OS. > It might not be possible for your company issued computers if they don't allow you to use something else[1][2] but for your personnal [sic] uses it is fairly easy. It's not that easy, unless you're willing to make a bunch of sacrifices for the sake of using a different OS. Windows is by far the dominant desktop OS, and there's a lot of software people need and want to use that's availabl…
It used to be that way, but now Linux has really good application compatibility. You can run the majority of apps using wine/proton, and ironically old hardware tends to be better supported in Linux.
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#59Instead of focusing on making a browser that people want to use, Microsoft keeps adding bloat and harassing users. It's really sad to see, because I liked the minimalism and speed of the original Edge, and I even used to recommend the Chromium Edge to friends and family as a less intrusive Chrome alternative.
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#60Microsoft really needs to take a real hard look at Windows and figure out what its place is in the world.
I know very few people outside of gamers that have a full computer outside of one given for work.
This is one of the many reasons that my windows computer is solely for gaming (and I use a debloated Windows 10 LTS install) and never has anything sensitive on it. Any general computing tasks happen on my Mac.
I would love to ditch Windows and go to Linux for gaming but as good as proton is. I value being able to play my games without hassle more.
This is seriously disgusting behavior from Microsoft (and not the only example of Windows turning into an ad machine) but they also realize they have a stronghold so what is the choice for most normal consumers. It’s not Linux as much as technical people love to say it is.