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@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago

Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

www.theverge.com

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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

www.theverge.com

@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years ago
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Microsoft has paused its latest pop-ups, for now.
  • @[email protected]OP
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    303•2 years ago

    Microsoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.

    • PHLAK
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      So does Google though if we’re being honest.

      • @[email protected]
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        Microsoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me.

        But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”

      • @[email protected]
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        Shouldn’t Apple be the focus of efforts?

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          Why not both?

          I think in reality the Chrome web browser is a huge threat to Internet freedom and should be a top priority.

          • @[email protected]
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            Well one is trying to crack down on people using adblockers and the other is lobbying governments they don’t pay taxes to so that they are allowed to continue using forced ethnic slavery to make their products.

            • @[email protected]
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              You think Google is going out of their way to ensure their devices are made in ethical factories?

    • MattTheTekie
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      That didn’t work in the 90s.

      • @[email protected]
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        77•2 years ago

        Or in:

        • 2000
        • 2002
        • 2003
        • 2005
        • 2008
        • 2011
        • (2022)

        Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation

        • MattTheTekie
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          25•2 years ago

          Kuduos to you doing your HW. :)

        • MattTheTekie
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          Yes

      • @[email protected]OP
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        In retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.

        • chaogomu
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          Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.

          • MattTheTekie
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            This is why we can’t have good things.

            • @[email protected]
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              Ma Bell, the ill communication

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          Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.

          • @[email protected]
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            I was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don’t think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.

            • Flying Squid
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              I got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend’s store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.

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            • @[email protected]B
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              Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk

              https://piped.video/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco

              Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.

              I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.

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        • MattTheTekie
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          Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.

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    • MattTheTekie
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      Yes they do!

    • @[email protected]
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      If you need more ammunition they recently also changed it so all links in Outlook opens in Edge even if it’s not the default browser. You have to go to settings and find an entirely separate default browser setting to stop it.

      • @[email protected]
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        I switched to Thunderbird because of that bullshit. It’s getting worse. I’ll be looking for a good Linux distro for my next laptop.

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      I didn’t think that sort of thing happened anymore

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