The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome

Re:The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome by jader201 on Saturday March 08, 2025 @10:27PM (#43305903)

> Microsoft just doesn't make enough money from Bing/Edge to pay PC makers to leave Edge as the default.

Have you used a Windows PC lately? It seems like once a week I have to ignore/decline prompts to change my default browser to Edge.

I’m not sure PC makers have any say/control over this behavior.

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Re:The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome by gnabgib on Saturday March 08, 2025 @10:32PM (#43305923)

I think you might be holding it wrong? I've only been asked once, I said no. Quite sternly. It apologised, we laughed about it. Now Edge has no internet access.

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Re:The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome by hu3 on Sunday March 09, 2025 @03:07PM (#43312508)

I just opened Edge, first thing it did was ask me to become default browser:

https://i.imgur.com/u2Nby1b.png

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Re:The DOJ Still Wants Google to Sell Off Chrome by Suppafly on Monday March 10, 2025 @01:20PM (#43322782)

I think every non-default browser asks that the first time you open them. It's not a huge deal, but it is a huge deal when you start getting prompted from the OS to change it.

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