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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @04:26PM (#17972894)
It's because "Feature Updates" are actually in-place OS upgrades. They're essentially reinstalling Windows and migrating applications and settings, but also choosing to not migrate some of them.
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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by maxxxxx on Thursday September 13, 2018 @12:32PM (#17979920)
Is that true? Does that mean that applications with a more complex setup will break with every feature update?
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