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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As if that stops Windows from spamming you with popups that you should be using Edge with Bing instead.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The pop up specifically mentions chrome, it's not asking to switch browser but just the search engine. It's anecdotal but I only use Firefox and have never gotten this pop up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Coreidan 2 points 1 year ago

I use Firefox on windows 11. I never get pop ups.