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If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.
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If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.
They are not wrong.
To mend your machine:
- Ditch Windows
- Install Plasma
- Your computer is ready.
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Apple had to learn the hard way: Under the DMA (thanks @EUCommission !) they were forced to give users a choice regarding the default search engine and browser on their systems.
What are we going to do about Microsoft misleading users?
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1689
Is the browser selection on Windows no longer required in EU?
It is still required, as Google had to do the same with Android, offering multiple search engines and presenting them to the user (at least that happened to me with my phone), but after doing it in Windows 8.1, Microsoft probably thought that it was enough compliance to keep "those nagging EU politicians" away.
I just found out that the agreement between Microsoft and the EU commission was only valid between 2009 and 2014. So MS is no longer obliged to make the change of the default browser easy.
What a shame, as now it would be more needed than ever :c
But thank you for correcting me.
@knolord @Successful_Try543
>"(at least that happened to me with my phone)"
i think this is direct misinformation. what is my experience of androids, google search is forced on start screen. some cases user could disable the search bar.
@zetabeta @knolord @Successful_Try543 That happened on my phone too.
If a device has no OS updates support, p.e. a Samaung Galaxy S (the first of its name ;), or a Windows XP computer, it will never ask you to choose your preferred web browser or search engine.
I hope you appreciate this piece of information.