• Sigmatics@lemmy.ca
    4·
    1 year ago

    Use an ad-filled browser controlled by a megacorp, with an engine built by another megacorp?

    Hmmm, I dunno

    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Even better. After you’ve explicitly triggered the default change MS is like “have you tried the all new megacorp spyware? It’s not actually new, but identical to the spyware we already installed and absolutely nothing has changed in the last 10 seconds since you made the decision, but we figured we’d throw another churn barrier at you because fuck you; we own your OS. You’re our product now bitch, and that’s all you’ll ever be”

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        1·
        1 year ago

        …that they ask you to actually pay for the privilege. Because remember, windows isn’t actually free (and you pay for it if you buy a pre-built).

        • AVincentInSpace@pawb.socialEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          I feel it’s important to point out that you can simply not activate Windows and use it indefinitely

          Does make you wonder though where Microsoft is getting that money from

          • WhiteHotaru@feddit.de
            2·
            8 months ago

            Corporate Users. My guess is, that almost any office job where you work on a Computer has Windows as OS. You have a license for your job. The license for home usage is bonus money to Microsoft.

  • TheSambassador@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Edge started itself on boot after a recent Windows update. It even had a little pop-up about how “helpful” it was to have it start right when my computer turns on so I can “get to browsing” faster. It’s never been set as my default. Uhg.

    • zaph@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      1 year ago

      Make sure you go into the settings and turn everything off. It’ll run in the background and do God knows what even though you’ve turned off startup.

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    0·
    1 year ago

    Well, I switched to Edge for work with the latest Chrome update (since internal apps were Chromium only), and was pleasantly surprised. It actually let me turn off almost all the junk, and is responsive in a way I haven’t seen in a Chromium browser in years.

    Safari and Firefox for personal use though, and nothing compelling to make me change that.

    • umbrella@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      its based off of chromium, so one would expect it to be as fast as most modern browsers.

      its the annoyances built on top of them, and user privacy that matters in a browser nowadays

  • mercury@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    0·
    1 year ago

    Windows put a full page ad for windows 11 before my computer started, I’m never upgrading. Hope to God Linux gaming gets better by 2025