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Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by schizoidman@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 5 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Google Chrome download in Microsoft’s Edge web browser?

How many times will the company try to steer me away?

The pop-ups are nearly two years old, and the injected ads are from earlier this year.

I cannot believe how many stories we’ve written about the shit Microsoft has pulled to steer you away from Chrome.

Even today, the company still won’t always respect your choice of default browser, though that may finally be changing in the EU.

Sadly the poll doesn’t include an “I’m boycotting Edge because you don’t respect me as a user” option.

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Okay, I'll pack my stuff up. But can you fill out this short questionnaire on how I could have been a better boyfriend?"

[–] SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago

Not even that, it's like you ask for a number of someone you're attracted to from their friend and they give you this survey asking why don't you want their number instead

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only Chromium browse you should use, as second opinion, is Ungoogled Chromium. Use Firefox or its forks as your primary browser.

Use Revo Uninstaller or Chris Titus winutil script to purge MS Edge.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ungoogled Chromium requires so much work to be usable, on top of having no built-in updater. That's a really bad recommendation. Have you looked at the steps to even install widevine? You even have to open up chrome flags to manually install an addon that lets you install add-ons.

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Chrome flags and developer addon option sounds like 5-10 minutes of work to me, and for updates zero work on Linux since it exists as Flatpak, and you update your Flatpaks with flatpak update command. On Windows and MacOS, likewise, you just download the newest binary setup or use one of those new fancy package managers.

Ungoogled Chromium is the only clean, non-spyware version of Chromium, which makes it the only correct Chromium recommendation. You want to recommend adware/spyware/cryptomalware for 1% more convenience?

[–] Kjatten@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Akira! Leave me alone! Aach!

[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

JuSt iNsTaLl LiNuX

[–] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

If you decapitalised the letters, it would be a profound, enlightening advice.

[–] jmd_akbar@aussie.zone -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

"Thirstily"? Really? You couldn't find any alternative word?

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How you took it is exactly how it was meant to come across.

[–] SheeEttin@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Off-putting? Sort of a "fellow kids" thing?

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