Microsoft Edge is trying to forcefully get your Chrome tabs again
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Microsoft has a new trick to try and get Chrome users over to Edge.

Microsoft clearly isn’t bothered that it’s automatically starting up Edge on people’s PC and then trying to trick them into importing their Chrome data. That’s not too surprising though since Microsoft has been pulling tricks like this for more than four years now.

Microsoft’s behavior here makes many people distrust Edge, Windows 11, and even the company’s AI efforts.

  • Valmond@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    5 days ago

    I’m not trying to bash here, but sometimes I wonder what people actually do with their OSs.

    I fire up software that I use, it would be quite consistent across any compatible OS, and we’re ahead of the days when multi screens didn’t work etc.

    I’m on mint but any easy to install linux or even windows would give me the same workflow (after dealing with their bullshit ofc) except the terminal, and some other crap effectively. But on Linux? Smooth as a mirror, or what am I missing?

    • Rednax@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      I doubt they do mich different than you do with their OS.

      People are more motivated by feelings than actual logic. The person you are responding to even states that Ubuntu “feels good to use”. That is some car advertisement level of feeling based reasoning.

      Another thing is that people really hate it when things change. Especially a UI change. Every change in the Windows UI has been met with disgust. And if there is one thing different between linux distros, it’s where they place all the buttons, menus, etc. So people prefer to stay with the distro they know.