Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users
Microsoft announces vague changes to the default web browser setting for Windows Insider. Nothing but wishful thinking. Still force-opens web links in Edge.
Not just that. Every windows update I have to go through the fucking setup screen. No I don't want an office subscription, no I don't want onedrive, no don't tailor ads, no don't collect telemetry.
have u tried making installation media with Rufus? they'll let u use a local account and skip all that. also tiny 11 is what I use, cuts out Microsoft's bullshit
They just keep getting worse and worse! I've decided to investigate whether one of the Linux distributions is able to be my daily driver. With everything being a web app these days, incompatibility with business programs I use is no longer an issue. The only question now is, are my peripherals compatible?
Water is wet.
On a serious note. MS is still evil.
They were flying low, that's all, it is still the same shitty company.
One of the top reasons I finally went Linux and I don't regret making the change one bit.
How surprising. The company that only knows how to do one thing won't stop doing the thing.
In other news, company doesn't think it's to blame for it's bad products says 'it's the consumers fault for having expectations of quality.'
...why would they?
It got installed edge on an android phone as well.
While Microsoft doesn't normally control anything on android, my workplace requires a Microsoft intune to be installed to run the company email or teams on your phone. This effectively creates a workprofile with it's own play store and a forced install of several applications such as edge
That's your workplace doing that, not Microsoft
Yeah seems like a request for a work provided phone would fix it. A guy I used to work with bought a burner flip phone when something like this was required and got the company to provide a work phone. After a month or two he would just openly use his normal phone and no one batted an eye.
Demand they provide a work phone. Never put Microsoft's stuff for work on your personal devices!!!
Get a live!
I don’t like how any of these big tech companies try and force us to use their spyware vs letting people make an informed choice. I don’t agree with the technique, but the silver lining may be that we desperately need competition with browsers and the reality is that this is how US predatory capitalism works now. Companies take advantage of people because we have no proper regulation in the tech space. Maybe some people will switch to from Chrome to Edge (reskinned Chrome) Ranking for privacy on a 1-10 scale imho
Chrome 0 Edge 1 Firefox 5 Brave 6 LibreWolf 9
For now
I'm afraid you might have misread the title... unless you're very optimistic
lol you’re right. I misread that, my bad.
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