Browsers are essential and how operating systems are holding them back (2022) [pdf]

Re:Browsers are essential and how operating systems are hold... by izacus on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:10AM (#34706249)

Microsoft somehow keeps "accidentally" resetting my default browser (they love to do that on quarterly updates", they just threw an Edge icon on my desktop that reappears on every reboot and their default browser choice dialog is harassing you really hard to avoid changing the default away from Edge.

They're doing a huge amount of dark pattern stuff to avoid people from using other browsers these days.

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Re:Browsers are essential and how operating systems are hold... by rezonant on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:45AM (#34706445)

I remember this happening to me I think 2 times back in the early days of Windows 10 and the initial push for Edge after getting rid of Internet Explorer. And yeah, they shouldn't do that.

But since then, I've used Windows 10 and now use Windows 11 on multiple devices, and in my immediate friends and family they all use it too, and this has not happened at all.

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Re:Browsers are essential and how operating systems are hold... by izacus on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @06:24AM (#34706695)

They absolutely do it on major updates when you get the fullscreen "Oh, we need to update your account again" form. If you miss the tiny links "Please don't" in the corner, it'll reset the browser and default search provider.

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Re:Browsers are essential and how operating systems are hold... by rezonant on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @06:29AM (#34706738)

I've never got such a screen on a feature update. Perhaps it's because I've got local accounts?

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