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The impudence of Microsoft has reached new (criminal?) heights
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martinot:

--- Quote from: Benta on June 18, 2020, 06:31:43 pm ---This morning I turned on my PC to be greeted with a jubilant installation banner touting the "new Edge Browser from Microsoft". Only option presented: install the turd.
The following banners also only had the option to continue installing. Clicking the cross in the upper right corner to stop this only made the install move one step further.

What kind of behaviour is this? I've never used Edge and have no wish to do so, I have much better browsers installed.

--- End quote ---

As Edge is part of Windows, and they have a new version of Edge (they changed the rendering engine from their own too Googles Chromium), I guess they saw it as part of your update of the system.

Even if you have not used som parts of your system, it is usually updated regardless. I installed a firmware update to a Keysight scope that I am testing, and it also updated things in the scope that I (yet) had not used.

So I do not find it that very strange. That said I agree they should perhaps informed better about it.

Personally I use Edge (the new Chromium based version) on not only my Windows machine, but also om my two Macs, and my iOS devices (one iPhone and two iPads), and I am very happy with it so far. I think they made an excellent browser, replacing my previous most used one (Chrome) as the default one.
bd139:
I tested the new browser but the Microsoft account sync periodically broke and deleted by bookmarks bar contents. And that’s the sort of stuff I don’t want to have to deal with.
Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: bd139 on July 10, 2020, 08:29:59 pm ---True but it doesn’t come with a gigantic tapeworm in it.

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It has a fist instead.
Mr. Scram:

--- Quote from: martinot on July 11, 2020, 09:08:15 am ---As Edge is part of Windows, and they have a new version of Edge (they changed the rendering engine from their own too Googles Chromium), I guess they saw it as part of your update of the system.

Even if you have not used som parts of your system, it is usually updated regardless. I installed a firmware update to a Keysight scope that I am testing, and it also updated things in the scope that I (yet) had not used.

So I do not find it that very strange. That said I agree they should perhaps informed better about it.

Personally I use Edge (the new Chromium based version) on not only my Windows machine, but also om my two Macs, and my iOS devices (one iPhone and two iPads), and I am very happy with it so far. I think they made an excellent browser, replacing my previous most used one (Chrome) as the default one.

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The Edge Chromium installation is rather obnoxious. No regular update should generate obnoxious shortcuts and a full screen nag screen which is hard to skip. Unfortunately it doesn't end there as it also comes with loads of "telemetry" or tracking. I really don't care they didn't ruin the Chromium experience too much, either is enough to get the boot. It could have been decent but they Microsofted it.
bd139:

--- Quote from: Mr. Scram on July 11, 2020, 09:28:43 am ---
--- Quote from: bd139 on July 10, 2020, 08:29:59 pm ---True but it doesn’t come with a gigantic tapeworm in it.

--- End quote ---
It has a fist instead.

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I might enjoy that  :-DD
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