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Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft by hutzlibu on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:15AM (#36306206)
"People really don't change defaults..."

Because they are scared of breaking things.

Also, most people actually do change defaults: style and theme.

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Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft by midasuni on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @02:59AM (#36306560)
they don’t

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/01/default-s...

https://www.propublica.org/article/set-it-and-forget-it-how-...

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Re:Edge sends images you view online to Microsoft by hutzlibu on Tuesday June 13, 2023 @08:37AM (#36309350)
Your links talk only about technical standards. But have you ever looked at a normal persons phone/desktop?

They are usually quite colorful and this is not the standard.

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