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Re:Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature to Promote Its Edge Browser by we_never_see_it on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:05AM (#35788603)
Lately HN reminds me of Slashdot. Everything in the universe is MS' fault. Chrome is an adware. It tried to use a bug in Windows to sneakily install itself as the default browser. MS is looking out for its users and suddenly MS is the evil guy.
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Re:Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature to Promote Its Edge Browser by JonChesterfield on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @11:13AM (#35788781)
Not suddenly the evil guy, historically.
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Re:Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature to Promote Its Edge Browser by AlexandrB on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:18PM (#35789928)
> MS is looking out for its users

Yes, installing Candy Crush and a version of solitaire filled with IAP or filling the start menu with MSN news cruft is really looking out for its users. The only entities that Microsoft gives half a shit about is their shareholders.

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Re:Microsoft Broke a Chrome Feature to Promote Its Edge Browser by IntrepidWorm on Tuesday May 02, 2023 @12:49PM (#35790447)
So far, I've seen nothing in these comments promoting Chrome, or Google more generally. They (Google and Microsoft) are both the tech equivalent of boogeyman, but this article focuses on specific anticompetitive behaviour from Microsoft. I think it's safe to generalize and say that nobody here thinks Google a saint.
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