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Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock on Choice and Control

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Re: Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock on Choice and Control

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Post by maratd »

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #19

I was pretty surprised when I installed Windows 10 and it changed to another default for my web browser. Even worse was it didn't reset the "do you want me as the default" in all of the other web browsers so I had to go and manually change settings. Microsoft Edge is pretty nice especially compared to IE but this default to Edge should have only occurred if your current default is IE.

To be fair, they reset all defaults. For images, video, everything.

Google Chrome pops up a bar that takes you directly to the settings. It's literally two clicks to change it back.

Microsoft should have preserved the defaults, but I think Google's solution is preferable to a complaint letter.

Re: Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock on Choice and Control

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Post by Zelphyr »

ripberge wrote: post #11

What if that default browser was IE and they're obviously trying to get people off of that because it's now legacy? Should they only change the default browser to edge if it was IE before? Doesn't seem fair to them...

It would be fair to them because it would switch the customer from one Microsoft browser to another Microsoft browser which benefits both Microsoft and the customer. Rather than switching the customer from the browser of their choice to one of Microsoft's choice, which only benefits Microsoft.

Re: Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock on Choice and Control

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Post by balls187 »

wlesieutre wrote: post #20
balls187 wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I find it hard to really expect an OS upgrade to carry over every user setting True. However that default browser/file extension handlers preferences should be a priority to carry forward. It may be easy to set your new default browser, but it's one more thing I have to do to personalize my computer, instead of using my computer to do the tasks at hand. It's a fundamental difference between MSFT and AAPL's philosph…

> True. However that default browser/file extension handlers preferences should be a priority to carry forward. Especially when you've previously been in antitrust lawsuits over abusing your position as the OS developer to take over the browser market. > It may be easy to set your new default browser, but it's one more thing I have to do to personalize my computer, instead of using my computer to do the tasks at hand…

> but it makes forcing Edge as default a huge dick move on MS's part.

I suspect its a far less sinister reasoning for the change.

Re: Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock on Choice and Control

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Post by [deleted] »

solidangle wrote: post #24

It's absurd that you have to press on a button called 'Customize' (which is really scary sounding for non-experts) to get any privacy in Windows 10. If users are brave enough to press this button they get a list of nondescript options that barely explain what kind of data is sent to Microsoft. Microsoft should show always show all the privacy options to users and they should explain the pros and cons for each setting…

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Re: Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock on Choice and Control

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

username wrote: post #35
JustSomeNobody wrote: post #28

Love the hubris in using the CEO's first name.

I'm guessing Chris knows Satya on some personal level.

Maybe. And I get that as CEO's they can be regarded as peers, but if you're going to call this a "letter", I think it would have been better to use either full name (which is how it's signed BTW), or Mr.

Re: Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock on Choice and Control

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Post by emn13 »

slg wrote: post #14
reubenmorais wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Windows has a history of carrying over user settings like that since the DOS times. You can literally upgrade from DOS through every version of Windows and end up with the same desktop background/widget colors/etc. I'm obviously biased because I work on a browser (specifically a browser that isn't made by Microsoft), but to me this is clearly about trying to capture the users who stopped using IE over the years.

>to me this is clearly about trying to capture the users who stopped using IE over the years. But those users never used Edge ;) A cynical person could say preserving the previous choice is just Firefox's fear that once a user tests the new Microsoft browser they won't jump back to Firefox. It also shows that Firefox doesn't have the greatest opinion of their users if it thinks all it takes for them to stop using Fir…

Having just installed windows 10: disabling the browser change is well hidden. There's no customize "button" or link, there's a bit of text with no decoration or underline that's lighter and appears greyed out that says "customize" on a screen filled with text. The chances of a user discovering this unless they're actively hunting for this (like I was) are close to zero.

Re: Open Letter to Microsoft’s CEO: Don’t Roll Back the Clock on Choice and Control

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

mentat wrote: post #37
JustSomeNobody wrote: post #28

Love the hubris in using the CEO's first name.

This is not some random guy but another CEO.

Who used HIS full name in the signature. At the very least he should have use MS CEO's full name.
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