Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing via Office365 ProPlus installer

Re:Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing via Offi... by chithanh on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:25AM (#22126645)

Spare me the whataboutism to justify Microsoft's actions.

If Chrome did that it would be objectionable too.

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Re:Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing via Offi... by Milner08 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:36AM (#22126991)

It doesn't sound like he is trying to justify it. He's suggesting that the popular alternative is just as bad. In no way does that make Microsoft's action any better.

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Re:Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing via Offi... by mcny on Thursday January 23, 2020 @06:55AM (#22126805)

Exactly. Imagine if Google changed your windows installation to point shortcut to win word to point to a new chrome window in kiosk mode that opens docs.new...

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Re:Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing via Offi... by bgdnyxbjx on Thursday January 23, 2020 @09:45AM (#22127904)

Chrome literally did something like this. When the user searched the web from the Windows search box, it used to open their default browser to bing.com. Chrome started to inspect the url and redirect to Google.com. So Microsoft changed it to open Edge to block this bs.

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Re:Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing via Offi... by dontblink on Thursday January 23, 2020 @12:10PM (#22129332)

I would argue the inverse. I set my preference in Chrome. Why is Windows forcing me to use Bing if I use the search box in Windows 10?

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Re:Microsoft to force Chrome default search to Bing via Offi... by behringer on Thursday January 23, 2020 @07:28AM (#22126963)

Like making Google search the default?

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