Floon ( @Floon@lemmy.ml ) 113•8 months agoThe real crime here is downloading Chrome.
Firefox, for privacy protection.
PoolloverNathan ( @PoolloverNathan@programming.dev ) English4•8 months agoFirefox is great, but :has (a CSS selector supported by WebKit but not Gecko) is starting to get a lot more popular.
Umbrias ( @Umbrias@beehaw.org ) 1•8 months agoGood?
TexMexBazooka ( @TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee ) 66•8 months agoHonest to god, the browser that wins is the one with the least bullshit popping up in my face when I open it
Lvxferre ( @lvxferre@lemmy.ml ) 47•8 months agoBeing slightly forceful might work, but being too forceful has the opposite effect. I’ve seen a lot of people avoiding Edge not because of its technical demerits, or due to lack of knowledge, but because MS forces it so much down your throat that something “feels” off.
601error ( @601error@lemmy.ca ) English20•8 months agoI recently installed Edge for a technical reason and was instantly grossed out by all the stupid bling they’ve added to it.
_Lory98_ ( @_Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.de ) 12•8 months agoI’ve used it at work since it often is the only installed browser and it feels like it’s already infected by toolbars and other malware out of the box.
The new tab page reminds me of the weird ads you see at the bottom of tabloid websites.
Ænima ( @mjhelto@lemm.ee ) 4•8 months agoAs a sysadmin, if I’m ever told to not provide browser choices to my users, I’ll quit. It’s sad that your work pigeonholes you into a single choice.
_Lory98_ ( @_Lory98_@discuss.tchncs.de ) 3•8 months agoLuckily on my actual work PC I can use whatever I want, but on other devices I’m forced to use Edge both because of restrictions on what I can install and because there’s a lot of internal applications that still rely on vbscript.
RickyRigatoni ( @RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml ) 3•8 months agoI recently installed Edge for a technical reason
was it playing around with bing’s AI chatbot? because I did it for that reason. all of ten minutes before getting bored at least.
601error ( @601error@lemmy.ca ) English2•8 months agoNo, it was to run Teams as a PWA on Linux.
Ulu-Mulu-no-die ( @ulu_mulu@lemm.ee ) English18•8 months agoOn our company PCs we have both Edge and Chrome, after the latest Windows update a few days ago, every time I try to set Chrome as default browser, a window pops up saying something on the lines of “are you sure? please try out the fabulous Edge first, you might change your mind”.
That annoys me to no end, first we are in EU, where Microsoft has been fined in the past for not allowing a browser choice, second, we’re talking about Windows ENTERPRISE !!, keep that shit out of it, policies on PCs are decided at enterprise level, you can’t spam users about it.
amio ( @amio@kbin.social ) 7•8 months agoAnd not only that, but the stupid front page with stupid irrelevant news, some of which are literal, blatant attempts at fraud - “[random B-celeb from your country] has a money making tip They don’t want you to know!” and that sort of shit - in the browser they relentlessly push, nag about or just “accidentally” reset as default every cunting week.
Dozens of popups, random notifications - like… why? What person with, I assume, at least half a brain stem in their head could possibly think these were good ideas?
“I don’t give a shit, show me the web page and shut the fuck up!” has turned into a mantra when I have to use Edge. That’s not good.
WasPentalive ( @waspentalive@lemmy.one ) 40•8 months agoOne of their choices should have been: "This survey is exactly the reason I am going to a different browser. "
amio ( @amio@kbin.social ) 12•8 months agoWay too realistic, they don’t want to hear shit like that. Way too true.
The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English3•8 months agoBecause they know what’ll happen. And they don’t want to have to address it at the next quarterly.
jcg ( @jcg@halubilo.social ) 5•8 months agoThey really had the foresight not to add an “other” option. Says a lot
HububBub ( @HububBub@kbin.social ) 23•8 months agoMS is getting so thirsty it’s pathetic. All the Win 11 garbage and now this. It’s sad really.
601error ( @601error@lemmy.ca ) English8•8 months agoI develop software that runs on Windows, so I have to use it to some degree. I would pay so much money for an officially-supported version that lets me cut out all the shit I don’t need and not deal with stupid thirst tricks. For the longest, I just ran Windows Server in a VM.
ɐɥO ( @Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz ) 4•8 months agotry Windows LTSC
ezures ( @ezures@lemmy.wtf ) 2•8 months agoSadly only available for large corporations
^or ^the ^ports ^of ^the ^bay
PoolloverNathan ( @PoolloverNathan@programming.dev ) English1•8 months agoLemmy (as in the default frontend) requires an extra caret at the end of superscripts:
^or^ ^the^ ^ports^ ^of^ ^the^ ^bay^
not a bot, but at this point I might make one
ezures ( @ezures@lemmy.wtf ) 1•8 months agoHuh, looks fine to me
edit: checked in browser and yours looks fine in that, but in my app it adds an extra ^
PoolloverNathan ( @PoolloverNathan@programming.dev ) English2•8 months agoOh nice, another client-dependent formatting thing.
Zerush ( @Zerush@lemmy.ml ) 1•8 months ago 601error ( @601error@lemmy.ca ) English1•8 months agoI might actually do that.
johnthedoe ( @johnthedoe@lemmy.ml ) 20•8 months agoWho wants to use any product or service this desperate to try and keep you.
moody ( @moody@lemmings.world ) 19•8 months agoI have to use Windows for work, and every single day, I open Outlook and I’m greeted with “WE RESPECT YOUR PRIVACY, please share your data with us.” And every day I say “Don’t share optional data.” Clearly there’s a fucking problem here.
- shiveyarbles ( @shiveyarbles@beehaw.org ) 8•8 months ago
No you misunderstood, that’s “WE INSPECT YOUR PRIVACY”
𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘 ( @01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ) English16•8 months agowith the added trust of Microsoft
That’s rich.
KyuubiNoKitsune ( @KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 2•8 months agoIf you type your username into the android dialler, it has a easter egg
𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘 ( @01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ) English2•8 months agoYup! But I think it only works on stock dialer.
amio ( @amio@kbin.social ) 11•8 months agoI swear Microsoft, particularly the Windows and Edge divisions, have consultants on retainer directly from Hell - specialists in making things absolutely infuriating for no particularly good reason.
doleo ( @doleo@lemmy.one ) English10•8 months agoThirstily?
Cyrus Draegur ( @Draegur@lemm.ee ) English10•8 months agoi don’t trust chrome OR whatever browser microsoft wants me to use.
also to say i ‘trust’ firefox would also be an overstatement, but you could fairly describe it as, “I distrust firefox less” than either google or microsoft.
RandomLegend ( @RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 4•8 months agoTry any of the fantastic Firefox forks then
FireDragon, Librewolf etc.
jmd_akbar ( @jmd_akbar@aussie.zone ) 8•8 months ago“Thirstily”? Really? You couldn’t find any alternative word?
Fixbeat ( @Fixbeat@lemmy.ml ) English19•8 months agoMoistly?
Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) English3•8 months agoHow you took it is exactly how it was meant to come across.
Empricorn ( @Empricorn@feddit.nl ) English8•8 months ago“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 ( @SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net ) 3•8 months agoNot 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
lemillionsocks ( @lemillionsocks@beehaw.org ) 8•8 months agoI dont really use windows often outside of my work devices these days, but even if I did I wouldnt use edge as a primary browser based on how things rolled with IE6 and active X.
Yeah yeah youre a new friendlier Microsoft, webstandards and html5 are more locked in, and your browser is a chrome fork, and you “<3 Linux”. I remember what you are and how you locked down the web when you had a chance. Personally I dont use chrome for the same reason given the direction google has been heading.
But to answer “why not Edge?”: because you spent the better part of the last few decades sucking and amoral companies dont deserve the benefit of good faith.
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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