Isn’t that a textbook antitrust violation?
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USA companies don't give a shit about antitrust anymore. Look at Amazon and Apple, the only places they get bit for their behavior are the European countries.
the only places they get bit for their behavior are the European countries.
Even then Apple has been barely bothered. The DMA is the first big test, Apple has clearly not complied in spirit, lets see if that’s allowed and nothing changes.
Yes but Microsoft learned once you start lining the pockets of the right people, nothing happens to you!
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Yeah, but when they get fined 0.004% of their revenue with each violation then it's hardly even worth worrying about. Legal penalties are basically minor business expenses to these companies - like buying toilet paper for the office bathrooms.
Isn’t that a textbook antitrust violation?
Apparently not. Google is nagging Edge users who visit Google services since years to switch to their "secure web browser with frequent updates" (implying that Edge doesn't get any, despite being the same Chromium thing as Chrome). (Firefox is exempt because FF defaults to Google Search)
BWAHAHAhahahahaaaaaa! Aiiigh! Oh! Oh man. snif. Haha ha. Ahhhhhh fuck.
Yes. But micro$oft was declared a monopoly 20+ years ago and . . gestures to everything
what, you want reform? It didn’t have the votes.
Microsoft and the government:
Trust is when two or more companies secretly collude against the interest of customers. That is what you would find in a textbook anyway. This is more an abuse of monopoly.
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I looked at the links in the source and they’re Windows popups, not Chrome injections. Shitty reporting from the verge.
almost just as scummy though
I don’t disagree but damn, can we get some accurate reporting? No need to lie about how shitty Microsoft can be.
Yeah agreed, that title is literally a lie.
You expected better from the verge?
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*Laughs in Firefox*
They're doing this at the OS level, so Firefox can't protect you from that, the issue is with Windows. They could do the same to Firefox, they just don't bother.
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Well I'm glad I switched to Linux, its only going to get worse.
Like, Christ — this is the kinda shit Microsoft has to do when they are the majority market share of desktop computing?
I hope more users will do the same
These latest prompts ~~look like malware~~
Are malware.
The constant stream of this horseshit is why I abandoned Windows nonsense again.
If I continue to break the law with my car they will take it away.
MS should be forced to sell Bing+Edge as a separate entity.
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laughs in Linux desktop
Why do people continue to put up with this? I don’t get any ads or bloatware like “Paint 3D” or “X Box” on Linux Mint. And Linux desktops are so easy to use now! Blows my mind that people tolerate these antics from Microsoft.
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“wE VAlue prOviDING oUR CuStomERs With CHOice, So THerE IS An OPtIoN to DisMiss tHE NOTiFiCATiON” - Microsoft responding to Windows Latest regarding this
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Nothing turns me off of a product or service like the maker begging and trying to trick me into using their wares. Once they start doing that I will usually end up using technically inferior things to avoid them a lot of the time.
Good, let these two horrible browsers fill eachother with bloat until they both fall out.
First of all fuck Bing and Microsoft. That's it, comment complete.
Exactly I'm a tech guy and I don't give a fuck how many other tech guys say "bing is really good now", I'm never fucking using it.
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“We value providing our customers with choice, so there is an option to dismiss the notification.”
Thank you daddy Microsoft for still letting me click "no" on your invasive popup ad with a dark pattern to make me change my system settings.
I wonder what would happen if Chrome asked the user to replace Onedrive with Google Drive on startup.
Good, let them fight each other to the death. In the meantime, we need to make sure we're all on the same page for reviving anti-monopoly laws in the USA.
Which means us Firefox users can have some popcorn 🍿
That is until they reach us. I hope they don't.
Someone from Airbnb and Ebay is running the show now. There is gonna be an enshitification speedrun on firefox coming.
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malware like popup ads
What the difference between a virus and window? A virus is well maintained by its creator.
Haven't seen this in the EU. Anyone knows if this is prevented here?
It might be blocked by the DMA, or at least, make Microsoft hesitate about it, since they're meant to treat all browsers equally, which would also mean not advertising their browser in another browser.
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Microsoft continues to make me thankful for switching to Linux. It is refreshing to be able to control your computer experience.
Use Windows on the daily and still have never seen these at all, on multiple computers as well.
Generally I'd agree it's shitty behaviour though.
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