Microsoft is effectively a monopoly, to say it's anything else and that other browsers are available is a nonsense for reasons that everyone knows. Appealing to reason is a waste of time as no big monopolistic corporation will willingly forfeit money. The only realistic (effective) solution is legislative. I don't see that happening anytime soon in the US but perhaps it's possible in other jurisdictions (more likely…
the other "realistic" solution is to use another o/s.
For the cognoscenti it is—like Linux, but for the vast majority it's not. If you've ever run an IT department in a large operation (which I have) then you'd never say that.
People insist on Windows at work because it's so ubiquitous, when they go home their modus operandi doesn't have to change.
Forcing workers to change OSes against their will only puts one's job on the line (management will side with workers as it's the path of least resistance). QED.
> Microsoft leverages its immensely powerful position as the supplier of the ubiquitous Windows PC operating system, as well as many productivity and other must-have apps, to push users towards its first-party browser, Edge, through tactics that restrict, distort and subvert user choice. Heh. This could have been written 25 years ago. Though at least back then, Microsoft was winning. Since then, the market share of I…
Why is Microsoft pushing Windows users to use Edge? What does it gain if a user chooses Edge over Firefox or Chrome? Is it just about in-browser ad?
They want a locked down and controlled ecosystem like Apple's - which can make $$$.
Same reason why you can use ANY browser "skin" on iOS as long as as it is ONLY the standard platform distributed webkit. Sadly MS gave up Windows on the mobile like a buffoon, so all they have left to control is their desktop OS.
Yes. But nowadays iOS lets you install multiple browsers and select default one different from safari.
Aren't those other browsers still required to use the safari rendering engine? I might be years out of the loop if I missed that changing lol
Apple has been required by the DMA to accept non-webkit browsers in the EU for 2 years now. But in practice no one has built one. There are some claims about malicious compliance on Apple's part (what else is new), but it seems equally likely to me that no one wants to maintain 2 rendering engines for the same app (1 for EU and 1 for the rest of the world).
Why are people still using Windows? OMG, what is wrong with people? Just use Linux. Literally any major Linux distro is superior nowadays. You don't like it, stop using it! You hate it, boycott it! Don't expect change. They care so little about you and your opinions; demanding change from a multi-trillion dollar company is almost cringe-worthy at this point. Like a cockroach begging for mercy as your shoe is coming d…
I think a big part of them problem is ye olde IT department, deploying the 'sloth is what they know how to do, people get funneled into using the stack and feel uncomfortable outside the walled garden. There are off the shelf solutions for end point control AD and beyond. It's not hard to come up with all the usual Machiavellian contraptions equivalent for a Linux platform but they'll have different names and hit a little different. People are creatures of habbit. I personally have a negative view on big orgs, my brief time inside a couple really painted a picture for me and I have a hard time seeing the up side of them, especially in this time of layoffs the illusion that a big org is a stable place to work is broken. Hopefully out of those pieces we can build smaller orgs that have a sprit of adventure who will pioneer new ways forward. Browser based SaaS products mostly unteather the need for a particular platform. The stage is set to use what you like, stand up for yourself and say no to using products that disrespect you.
> Microsoft leverages its immensely powerful position as the supplier of the ubiquitous Windows PC operating system, as well as many productivity and other must-have apps, to push users towards its first-party browser, Edge, through tactics that restrict, distort and subvert user choice. Heh. This could have been written 25 years ago. Though at least back then, Microsoft was winning. Since then, the market share of I…
> At this point, it mostly just comes across as adorable
Adorable like a rabid chihuahua who won't stop pissing and shitting and barking and trying to spread its rabies to anyone in biting distance
As someone who was NTSE certified in the late '90s, you are absolutely correct. I stopped supporting the platform when they: - Mandated WGA even for licensed partners that got "Teh Crate" of every release every month which mandated multiple hosts for every version in lieu of simple multi-boot - Allowed arbitrary code in the Registry - Embedded IE making multi-browser testing a nightmare - Developer API support went f…
Not really. You can select any default browser on iOS, as far as I know.
Yes, any default browser just as long at it uses the WebKit engine. This is comparable to how the Ford Model T could be ordered in any colour just as long as it was black.
Ah I see, didn't know that. So it's just "branded" Safari..