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Google Chrome Warning Issued For All Windows Users (www.forbes.com)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Mozilla has issued a warning about Microsoft's design practices, claiming that the company uses harmful design tactics to influence users to switch to its Edge browser.
The report highlights how Microsoft interrupts the installation process of Google Chrome on Windows devices, promoting the security and privacy benefits of Edge.
Mozilla calls for regulatory action to restore browser choice and competition across major platforms.

Archive link: https://archive.ph/koBY6

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[–] AlmightySnoo 166 points 11 months ago (29 children)

Microsoft really wants someone to remind it of these days:

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (17 children)

I don't remember that. Where is it from?

Microsoft never liked competing browsers (not even in the pre-IE6 era when all they had was crap), so it's hard to believe it came from them.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 11 months ago (16 children)

EU fined the sh1t out of them, and somebody in the regulatory body at the time realized that was not enough. So they were ordered to present the user with a choice of a browser during the OS install.

What I really want to know is why and how it went away.

[–] neclimdul 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

INAL but my understanding was a lot of the fines and penalties hung on IE being part of the OS. I think it was the update functionality but don't quote me.

So with some legal technicalities, later versions of windows made it "not" part of the OS just a bundled application. A legal distinction without meaning but it meant they didn't need to do these things anymore.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

The great joke is they are making the same mistakes again with edge, unfortunately the American justice system is a shambles these days so it's probably down to the EU to take the moral high ground.

Microsoft appear to be exposed to monopolistic penalties in several markets currently: browsers, AI / search, teams and office come to mind (although competitors are lacking, here)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

INAL

IANAL actually

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Could be I'm Not A Lawyer. We call that an "IANAL Contraction"

[–] hakunawazo 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I know what it means, but everytime I think it sounds like screaming a new Apple product.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

iAnal, now that'd get the Apple fanboys going.

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