The real travisty here is The Verge trying to install Chrome instead of Firefox
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Too bad they don’t have an option for “I just don’t want to use Edge”. Especially with how hard Microsoft is pushing it, that just makes me want to use it less.
With it being a free product, it must be very valuable for them to have you use it.
Just remember that when using edge or chrome.
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I don't want to use edge, but I do have to admit between Chrome and Edge, Edge has become the less evil. It respects the search and ad tracking opt out settings on your account, and doesn't disable or cripple ad blockers. The "strict" account wide setting on Edge is so strict that sites will pop up asking you disable ad blockers even if you don't have one.
This VS the current state of Chrome which undermines ad blocking, and forces you to opt out of ad tracking on every install of Chrome across all devices... Oh.. But they're going to enable ip masquing now.. Because they don't need your ip with all the identifiers they are injecting into your browser.
I hate MS... But the don't be evil company has done a 180 in a rapid fashion over the last couple of years and sadly.. MS is now the lesser of two evils.
That a Microsoft product is the lesser of two evils is very damning for Google
And then there is Firefox, which isn’t evil at all. Lets not settle for any level of evil.
100%, it was a surprising and depressing realization when the recent updates forced me to take a good look at both ecosystems from the privacy, control and settings standpoints.
If I was choosing between chrome and edge, I'd choose edge.
But I use Firefox like all nerds should.
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Literally the reason I don't use it is how hard they push it. It's actually a great browser if you work in an office 365 environment
Microsoft sounding like an overly attached partner who cannot accept that the relationship is already over
Where’s the option for: “I don’t want to use edge because it shoves polls in my face”
They should add a pop-up with a 'Why not Firefox?' question.
Only if it also comes with a picture of Zoidberg.
Yeah, that seems about right, after all everything will evolve into grab, foxes included.
Hmm, strange that none of the options is:
Microsoft is an evil company that tried to destroy the open World Wide Web. They abused their monopoly to drive Netscape out of business, and were convicted of doing that in court. Their famous "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" strategy broke standard HTML, broke Javascript, broke Java applets, and so-on. They also attempted to destroy Linux, spreading Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt to make people afraid to use it. The reason I don't use Edge isn't about Edge, but about Microsoft. Whenever I have a chance to avoid using a Microsoft product, I take it.
…and go straight into Google’s arms instead?
Microsoft is Evil. Google is ungood.
That's completely invalid if you're switching over to Google products, who had to remove their motto "don't be evil".
Yup. Chrome is the new Internet Explorer.
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Use Linux.
I've been playing with Mint on an old computer and I gotta say Linux is not as difficult as people think. All the programs I use work very well on Mint. When I eventually buy a new computer I'm gonna go completely Linux.
That's great!
I'm a happy Linux user. The biggest problem with Linux for the average user is that you have to install it. Most people use Windows because it's on their computer when they buy it. The average person isn't going to distinguish between the hardware and the software. They see the computer and the OS as a package.
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Seeing the horde of Linux evangelists here at Lemmy has been reminding me of seeing a similar push toward it back in the mid 00s.
Back then I tried probably 5 or 6 different Linux variants.
And after trying them all, I went right back to Windows.
Why?
Because I realized that all I wanted was for my OS to disappear, and years of using Windows meant that I wanted something that looked, felt, and acted like Windows. So any version of Linux that might replace it for me was going to have to do that while also adding some positives to the exchange to more-than-cancel-out the awkward differences.
As I said, I tried several, for a few months each, really trying to give them a fair shake.
In the end, I found that whatever one I liked best was the one I liked best because it was the least awkward to use...but even that one was just a worse experience than just using Windows.
So for an average user like me, who really doesn't have any problem with Windows...why switch?
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I love Linux but people like you who won’t shut the fuck up about it make me hate it.
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Is thirstily the right adverb? I thought that meant sexily
Thirsty works here. It means you really want it, not that anyone really wants you.
I imagine you just broke bernieecclestoned's heart after having been called thirsty and misinterpreting it for years
Scumbagily would be better.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Google Chrome download in Microsoft’s Edge web browser?
How many times will the company try to steer me away?
The pop-ups are nearly two years old, and the injected ads are from earlier this year.
I cannot believe how many stories we’ve written about the shit Microsoft has pulled to steer you away from Chrome.
Even today, the company still won’t always respect your choice of default browser, though that may finally be changing in the EU.
Sadly the poll doesn’t include an “I’m boycotting Edge because you don’t respect me as a user” option.
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