Windows 11 Officially Shuts Down Firefox’s Default Browser Workaround

Post by NmAmDa » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:43 AM UTC

paxys wrote: post #409

prox wrote: post #280

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Isn’t Microsoft gonna get slapped hard by the EU as anti competitive practice? They are already got a fine for that when IE6 was around.

It’s a very different world today than when Microsoft went through antitrust proceedings for IE6. Regulatory authorities worldwide are getting more toothless by the day. Heck Apple doesn’t even let you use alternate browsers or install your own apps and they are celebrated for it. On what basis would there be action against Microsoft now?

Post by hadem » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 4:53 AM UTC

mdoms wrote: post #429

nabakin wrote: post #419

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> Apple doesn’t even let you use alternate browsers Are you sure that's true? When I was using my MacBook a year ago, I used Chrome with no problems. Set as default and never had to look at Safari again. One of the points I've made against Microsoft doing this is not even control freak Apple goes this far.

You can't install different browsers in iOS.

Post by winternett » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 5:10 AM UTC

metasaval wrote: post #344

cronix wrote: post #22

So far in the last year or so, I've heard 0 reasons why I'd even need, want or benefit from Win11 over Win10. Tons of reasons in the negative column though. There isn't even anything to salivate over that might make you think it might be worth it to deal with the other tradeoffs. Hard pass.

I'm on W11 as well and enjoy it over W10 for a variety of reasons (mostly gaming and HDR related), but instead of adding to that noise I just wanted to point out that this change is in Windows 10 as well. From the link, last sentence in the second paragraph: "As it turns out, Microsoft slipped the update into the final patch Tuesday of 2021 for both Windows 10 and Windows 11."

Post by Deutscher » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 5:21 AM UTC

jccalhoun wrote: post #114

cronix wrote: post #22

So far in the last year or so, I've heard 0 reasons why I'd even need, want or benefit from Win11 over Win10. Tons of reasons in the negative column though. There isn't even anything to salivate over that might make you think it might be worth it to deal with the other tradeoffs. Hard pass.

I updated to 11 on my laptop but kept 10 on my main machine. I see zero reason to update my main computer to 11. I was willing to give centered start button a try but the fact that you can't turn off grouping of applications in the taskbar is a deal breaker. If I have two firefox windows open I want to know it and to be able to pick which one I want without having to hover my mouse over the icon for a second while th…

Post by pacificat0r » Fri, Dec 17, 2021, 5:24 AM UTC

sockaddr wrote: post #478

Anyone on the fence about ditching Windows for Linux should just do it. If you pick a popular distro and hardware you'll likely run into only minimal issues, if any. My sound and wifi worked right out of the box even though I built my own system. Why anyone still puts up with this garbage, abusive, disrespectful OS is beyond me.