Technology @lemmy.world DocMcStuffin @lemmy.world 1y ago

Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

www.theverge.com Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Google

Microsoft has paused its latest pop-ups, for now.

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Microsoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.
- So does Google though if we're being honest.
  
  Microsoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me.
  
  But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”
  
  Shouldn't Apple be the focus of efforts?
- That didn't work in the 90s.
  
  Or in:
  
  2000
  
  2002
  
  2003
  
  2005
  
  2008
  
  2011
  
  (2022)
  
  Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
  
  Kuduos to you doing your HW. :)
  
  Yes
  
  In retrospect, DoJ didn't go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft's anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
  
  Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
  
  This is why we can't have good things.
  
  Ma Bell, the ill communication
  
  Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
  
  I was so excited to try BeOS back then. I don't think I ever got my hands on a copy, but it just looked so good.
  
  I got to play with a BeBox for a few hours at a friend's store and it was pure joy to play with compared to what Apple and Microsoft had to offer.
  
  For anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
  
  Also there's apparently an open source version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
  
  Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
  
  https://piped.video/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
  
  Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
  
  I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
  
  Don't tell the other bots but you are my favorite 🤫
  
  Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I'm sure they would of gave in.
  
  It might work if the fine was a couple hundred billion, we can give them a payment plan.
- Yes they do!
- If you need more ammunition they recently also changed it so all links in Outlook opens in Edge even if it's not the default browser. You have to go to settings and find an entirely separate default browser setting to stop it.
  
  I switched to Thunderbird because of that bullshit. It's getting worse. I'll be looking for a good Linux distro for my next laptop.
- I didn't think that sort of thing happened anymore

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