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Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe

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Post by iSnow »

kypro wrote: post #209
iSnow wrote: post #172

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>has almost no significance to the average person's life. I very much disagree that prescribing a common charging port for phones has had no significance to the avg. person's life. I am old enough to remember my drawer full of chargers for various phone companies - some even created new plugs for newer generations of phones. > we should consider if those pennies would be better in the pockets of workers That's not ho…

> I very much disagree that prescribing a common charging port for phones has had no significance to the avg. person's life. I am old enough to remember my drawer full of chargers for various phone companies - some even created new plugs for newer generations of phones. The market ultimately fixed this though (mostly anyway). Personally I like Apple's charger ports, but I'll soon no longer have this choice as a consu…

>I think the problem you're touching on here is that in recent years the bottom line of businesses don't correlate well with the income if its workers.

Yes, I was attacking your argument that eased regulation would profit the workers - in our current climate, it doesn't. So regulating phone chargers makes a difference to the plutocracy only, not the workers. And you should not forget that a phone that comes without a charger can be cheaper by the BOM of the charger.

Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe

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Post by skydhash »

npteljes wrote: post #207
fsflover wrote: post #168

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I installed Linux for my relatives and they never have this problem (or any other problem!).

Can I please ask how technical they are, and what distro are you using? And that what are they using the OS for? I'm looking into this passively for years now, and I'm really interested in actual people's experiences.

Based on what I’m seeing from computer usage by my relatives, they wouldn’t care less if they can do these things: 1) Browse the web 2) read pdfs and docx 3) use a word processor (and maybe a spreadsheet 4) play medias like music and videos.

A lot of people are ok using their phone as their primary device. And a chromebook and access to google suite would fill the rest of their needs. I’d install linux mint and they’d only notice the interface is different.

Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe

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Post by Symbiote »

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #114
Broken_Hippo wrote: post #37

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It’s strictly the regulatory burden of EU membership without any of the benefits of the club. That's not really true if you are living in one of those countries (I live in one of those countries). In general, we get the protections that the EU gives its people and I get free travel within the zone. Lots of little things like my phone working without outrageous charges when I travel to most places here, too.

>like my phone working without outrageous charges when I travel to most places here Just don't get anywhere near Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Andorra, Monaco with your roaming enabled :)

Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland are EEA members, and roaming is fine for those.

Switzerland has its own arrangement, and the roaming deal doesn't apply.

Andorra, Monaco, the United Kingdom, the Faroe Islands, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Belarus, Russia, North Macedonia, Ukraine and Moldova are not in the EU or EEA.

Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe

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Post by yomlica8 »

foobarbecue wrote: post #109

Every time I visit my parents, I find they've reverted to using Edge and don't know why. Despite my best efforts, they don't seem to have the will or technical ability to resist M$ manipulation. It's frustrating.

I mean it is an aggressive set of dark patterns deployed against people with limited time and understanding. It is constantly being adapted through auto updates to obsolete any ability to resist it they have formed. It isn't the fault of the people using this software that they can't keep up with the non-stop deception treadmill run by a team of professionals (guided by their telemetry data) whose whole occupation is to find ways to manipulate users of the software. Well, it might be their fault that they choose to put up with it I guess.

Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe

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Post by skydhash »

sofixa wrote: post #158
lloeki wrote: post #86

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Is there a place I missed where macOS does not respect the user's default browser setting? (I'm using work-mandated Chrome as default on work laptop, never had an instance of Safari opening) (can't comment on iOS since I use Safari there, but then TFA is about Windows 11 i.e desktop-side)

I've had Safari open itself a couple of times when clicking useless Apple links (I think in settings with more info?). Also, if i click the play button on my keyboard without anything recent to play, it will open the piece of shit that is Apple Music that I have never used nor opened by myself. If I open a document or spreadsheet in the default installed apps, saving them will save them in the proprietary shitty Appl…

It respects user choice where there’s a choice to be made. Most of your examples seems to points to things that are not included by design.

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Post by asddubs »

bgdam wrote: post #222
npteljes wrote: post #207

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Can I please ask how technical they are, and what distro are you using? And that what are they using the OS for? I'm looking into this passively for years now, and I'm really interested in actual people's experiences.

Linux Mint is the distro you're looking for. Especially if you're looking to set it up for non technical users.

the only problem with linux mint is that you constantly have to reinstall it because there's no update mechanism

Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe

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Post by cyanydeez »

whatwhaaaaat wrote: post #239
skummetmaelk wrote: post #223

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Let's see what the people always screaming about how the EU only cares about fining American tech companies who do nothing wrong will respond to this.

I think mostly people condemn the eu for its attempt at censorship. The eu would actually have to have a big tech company consumers actually interface with in order to fine them -besides just hardware.

They have a suspicious lack of coup attempts in the last decade.

Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe

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Post by moistoreos »

prng2021 wrote: post #133

As an American, I'm more annoyed that our government isn't working to protect consumers than I am at Microsoft. Microsoft is acting predictably from a business perspective. This is just a repeat of the Internet Explorer debacle decades ago.

I wouldn't expect this to ever happen post-Citizens United.
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