Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads in Windows

Re:Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads ... by izacus on Monday March 18, 2024 @07:11AM (#39742498)

Threathening people with "you'll lose security so evil guys will come to get ya" so they take user hostile updates and UI roulette is dark pattern by itself.

If the companies continue to bundle adware updates with security updates, lesser security might actually be a better outcome for users.

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Re:Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads ... by dylan604 on Monday March 18, 2024 @10:03AM (#39744699)

This is essentially what the mafia security rackets use. Maybe they should reword their modals to say "it's be a real shame if something were to happen since you didn't update like we suggested"

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Re:Microsoft again bothers Chrome users with Bing popup ads ... by lp0_on_fire on Monday March 18, 2024 @12:52PM (#39746861)

Extortion is the word you're looking for, imo.

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