Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users

Post by deafpolygon » Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 5:30 AM UTC

smt88 wrote: post #81

foxylad wrote: post #60

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Sad you didn't see Linux as a better alternative to OSX. I credit it with making me at least 10% more productive over the twenty years I've used it, partly because it is stable and fast, but mostly because it isn't trying to sell me stuff while I work.

My experience is the opposite. I spent 15 years on Linux desktops until finally switching to Windows for the sake of my producivity. I've seen promoted links in Win10/11, but never anything that harmed my productivity. Most importantly, the OS just fades into the background. I never think about it. Linux required almost-daily googling and opening up a terminal to fix or change something. It became maddening eventuall…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 5:37 AM UTC

Gud wrote: post #152

Wasn’t this breaking the law the last time? I remember it was calls to split Microsoft into separate companies, one for the operating system and one for the internet divisions. Looks like it’s time now. Last time Microsoft had the default web browser they were horrible stewards of the web. I’ll never forget them delaying supporting PNG.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 5:38 AM UTC

mrweasel wrote: post #167

Microsoft is weird. People where pretty happy about Edge initially and Microsoft fail to capitalize on that. Why not just create a good browser, bundle it Windows, ensure it has excellent privacy features and if people use it then great, if not, to bad. I really fail to see Microsofts end goal here. They don't need people to use Edge, they don't need to spy on people... So why do they feel like they must?

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 5:38 AM UTC

brucethemoose2 wrote: post #145

I used to be ambivalent about Edge. It actually has some nice integrated features I would normally need (slow) addons for, and better integration in Windows features (like better DRM for video streaming). I even used it in linux some. ...But I just recently tested it on a brand new Windows desktop, and I can't believe how slow and spammy it feels out-of-the-box compared to Thorium/Chromite now.

Post by ssscool » Mon, Sep 11, 2023, 5:39 AM UTC

nyanpasu64 wrote: post #10

piyh wrote: post #7

I gave my old parents the latest hand-me-up laptop and installed ubutntu on it because of windows 11. The install process and default configuration is so user hostile to someone that "just needs to use chrome". My niece & nephew have only known ChromeOS/iOS/Android. They will never use windows until a college course requires some specific software, or they get a desk job. I think they will for sure eventually "learn…

Ubuntu is now bundling advertisements for their paid services in apt upgrade output and the GUI software sources manager, in packages which cannot be uninstalled because they're hard dependencies of the `ubuntu-desktop` metapackage. Plus they've replaced Firefox with a package which installs a Snap, which loads so slowly they added a "snap opened" notification.