Not if you switch to Mac!
Not if you switch to Mercedes!
Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop
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Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop
#12Not if you switch to Mac!
Yes, switch to Mac so you can get forced “Try Safari!” popups instead.
Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop
#13It’s like they want us to hate them.
Microsoft Chromium, big deal…
What do they gain from use using it, browser tracking?
Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop
#14Does anyone (power users) really use the desktop anymore? Since moving back to windows, I've mostly used the taskbar and PowerToys Run to launch applications, and explorer to find files.
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#15Best defence is to have 100+ icons on the desktop…
Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop
#16I don't see the big deal, they replaced IE with Edge and IE has been in the desktop since Win95.
Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop
#17I don't see the big deal, they replaced IE with Edge and IE has been in the desktop since Win95.
The desktop icon being shown once is reasonable but re-adding it after the user deletes it seems excessive.
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#18This is the kind of shenanigan that happens when you use an OS that literally has third party advertisements in its start menu
Re: Tell HN: MS forcing Edge shortcut on desktop
#19Not if you switch to Mac!
And now you still don't control your system; you've just swapped your master for a different one. :D
Open-source is the only way to freedom. (And, fittingly, it's not the easiest.)