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Microsoft is trying a new way to stop users from downloading Google Chrome. If you open the Chrome download page in Microsoft Edge, you may see a new banner at the top. This version looks different from the usual prompts that ask users to stay with Edge.

I'm curious, what if I download Firefox from Edge? 🤔

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[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (3 children)

There's plenty:

  • Not supporting monopolistic practices.
  • User preferences.
  • Diversifying your software so you don't get trapped in an ecosystem.
  • Not having Copilot stuffed down your throat.
  • User preferences.
  • Making it possible to rip Edge out of Windows for the purpose of debloating.
[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

why did this even get upvoted. the only valid point is not having copilot and maybe removing edge if thats even possible.

[–] pycorax@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
  • Not supporting monopolistic practices.

The rest of the points are fair but you seriously saying that getting Chrome of all things is not supporting monopolistic practices?

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Oh, no. I'm saying Microsoft owning your operating system and using it to push their data-harvesting software as a default browser is a monopolistic practice, whereas using Chrome by itself is just reinforcing an existing monopoly. The same goes for Mac and Safari or Android and Chrome.

Neither option is good, but it's a step in the right direction to punish a corporation for their active attempts to subvert competition in a bid to establish their own monopoly in place of the current one.

[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sure we should always have choice but if you're hopping out of Microsoft's monopoly into Google's is there even any point?

[–] pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If you have to pick between two monopolistic corporations, using both of them but giving each a little less of your data and attention is a way to mitigate the risks and damage.

If Microsoft can harvest data on how I use my computer, I can at least make it a bit harder for them to harvest my browsing habits too by not voluntarily giving them browser telemetry on top of that.