Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome

Re:Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download ... by zeroCalories on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:33PM (#38014618)

Google does this too, constantly harassing you to switch to Chrome if you use any Google product. Apple is constantly trying to show off their cool new music app if you use a Mac. Not saying it's good or bad, but we're way past that point.

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Re:Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download ... by brucethemoose2 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:37PM (#38014693)

Whats worse, some Google services work very suboptimally in Firefox, serving a simplified page or whatever.

I'm sure there are good technical reasons for this, but it seems suspicious.

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Re:Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download ... by askiiart on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:55PM (#38014948)

I have serious doubts there are good technical reasons for this. For a few things maybe. But things as basic as Google Search itself have a worse interface on Firefox for no reason. There's an addon that "restores", so to speak, the Chrome interface, which works perfectly.

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Re:Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download ... by JohnFen on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @12:50PM (#38014883)

I'll say it: it's unequivocally bad. It's not any less bad just because all the big guys are doing it.

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