This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.

  • init@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    But are you sure you don’t want to make Edge your default browser??

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      8 months ago

      Why do you think you need to download Chrome? Write a 500 word essay explaining how it’s better than Edge.

      (For real, though, it’s not. Use Firefox.)

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          8 months ago

          Your answer was 501 words, we have uninstalled all browsers except Edge and made Edge your default browser! Enjoy using Edge!

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            8 months ago

            Your answer was exactly 500 words, so we have added the notation “smartass” to your permanent file and also made Edge your default browser. Enjoy using Edge!

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              8 months ago

              “Ok where’s my Linux Mint USB stick, it’s time to make that live distro permanent.”

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        8 months ago

        Or another fun thing I recently saw at work, Microsoft changing Office programs to always open links in Edge by default so you have to edit a setting to make it open the default browser again - which caused a significant productivity loss when people suddenly had various intranet pages opened in a browser they were not logged into, and they all had to contact support to get the original sane behavior back.

        Microsoft is being run by marketing teams with hubris these days, there’s absolutely no way they’re testing these things with real humans before release.

    • DudeDudenson@lemmings.world
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      8 months ago

      Oh you want to change the default app for a file extension? Here change it for all the extensions one by one by hand!

      What do you mean you didn’t have to do this before? There’s no before!