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[–] CharlestonChewbacca 17 points 1 year ago (13 children)

How are you guys seeing this? I constantly hear these complaints but never see it myself.

[–] Tesco 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It just pops up randomly. Went to go make a coffee and when I came back there it was. I'm in the UK so it's not just happening to US people.

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[–] elrik 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I'm not sure how this is different from Google pushing popups in every Google app to switch to Chrome.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (12 children)

While both companies are predatory I would never use Edge because its so bad and bloated its not even funny.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I found edge mysteriously on my phone yesterday I'm not sure if the culprit was the bing app or the Microsoft launcher (not my main launcher I was just curious).

One thing I do know is I didn't install edge myself I use mull.

[–] kautau 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

In what wild wild west can one app install another on your phone?

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[–] Heavybell 12 points 1 year ago

You don't need to add "-like", The Verge. This fits the definition of malware.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

The fucking bing bar pop-up!!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They should ditch the pop-ups and instead go ahead and make Edge/Bing the default without permission. There's nothing users can do but complain and accept it.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

They are already half way there. File defaults often reset without an obvious reason. It's been happening since 10.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Not sure if you're being sarcastic, but that's how they got in trouble with Internet Explorer in the EU.

[–] RanchOnPancakes 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean on one hand, terrible behavior. On the other, good.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I mean, if it's just a switch to Bing it's not really any better.

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