Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome

Hamuko wrote: post #3

"Can you please take a minute to tell us why you are trying another browser?" How about "My current one is monitoring what sites I'm browsing and asking me why I was using them"?

And Google isn't monitoring your behavior when you use Chrome?

Re: Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome

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Post by FirmwareBurner » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 7:03 PM UTC

wintorez wrote: post #2

Can this be considered a dark pattern?

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Re: Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome

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Post by Arainach » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 7:05 PM UTC

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #6

wintorez wrote: post #2

Can this be considered a dark pattern?

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I don't believe the parent was describing the article as cringe. The tactics from Microsoft are what I believe are being described.

Bias disclaimer: I used to work at Microsoft. I work at a competitor now in areas tangentially related to browsers.

Re: Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome

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Post by FirmwareBurner » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 7:11 PM UTC

Wish we also covered the tricks that Google used to trick users into adopting Chrome, like paying every freeware vendor since 2009 to install Chrome automatically on your system if you forgot to untick the "Install Chrome" box, similar to any other spyware of the era like the Ask Jeeves or Yahoo! toolbars.

I remember back then, when Chrome just came out, asking non-tech people how they got it and they always answered "I dunno, it just showed up".

Re: Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome

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Post by FirmwareBurner » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 7:15 PM UTC

Arainach wrote: post #7

FirmwareBurner wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I don't believe the parent was describing the article as cringe. The tactics from Microsoft are what I believe are being described. Bias disclaimer: I used to work at Microsoft. I work at a competitor now in areas tangentially related to browsers.

I disagree. The Verge is definitely cringe.

Re: Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome

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Post by baq » Fri, Oct 27, 2023, 7:15 PM UTC

Hamuko wrote: post #3

"Can you please take a minute to tell us why you are trying another browser?" How about "My current one is monitoring what sites I'm browsing and asking me why I was using them"?

I’d use Firefox on the work issued Mac if 1) I would have to login to everything as often as in chrome instead of daily and 2) if scrolling wasn’t so horribly useless (yes I tweaked about:config). I’m a very happy Firefox user on home windows pc.