[UPDATED] Stop Dave. I'm afraid. - Microsoft tests soft blocking Firefox and Chrome Installs

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

On ‎2018‎-‎09‎-‎12 at 7:18 AM, PCGuy_5960 said:

Well guess what Microsoft? No one is gonna use Edge anyways.

Oops I didn't get the memo.

[Kamina]

NSA getting desperate these days.

 

Oops, I meant Microsoft.

[alicskysareblue]

On 9/14/2018 at 1:26 PM, dalekphalm said:

What would you consider a "soft block", then?

 

It does block the installation at first - and you must override the block (by clicking the smaller and less prominent button) to continue installation.

 

I'd say "soft block" is a fairly decent description of that.

I never said I liked it , its obnoxious however its not preventing you from installing it and that what a block would do 

p.s in all my years I have never heard of a "soft block" I had to look that up and the only thing found is something that people on twitter .  its not a formal term

[ZcanKal]

Microsoft, please...

I can't wait for a Linux distro to blindsight them.

[Arika]

1 hour ago, ZcanKal said:

I can't wait for a Linux distro to blindsight them.

....what?

 

there are plenty of amazing distros already. the issue is developers dont like spending money to make their programs compatible with a very low market share OS. there isn't going to be a release of Linux that all of a sudden can have full access to every single program/game/drivers that windows has access to.

[NF-F12]

In the process of creating my account, I was using Edge and I got a notification from google offering for me to install Chrome.

[Sharp_3yE]

On 9/12/2018 at 7:55 AM, mynameisjuan said:

I see it being no worse than this. 

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They all do this kind of stuff. It's annoying but at least they don't force me into anything. I wish they didn't but they do. 

[ItsJosh18]

On 9/12/2018 at 9:14 AM, rcmaehl said:

UPDATE (courtesy @GoodBytes):
Source: OnMSFT
Microsoft has pulled the message from future builds, says it's "insider testing"

 

Source:

Verge

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TL;DR:

Microsoft is testing adding additional prompts to try to prevent users from switching to alternative browsers.

 

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My Thoughts:
Darn it Microsoft. I will not use Edge. You can make Anime versions of your browsers, Give me a ton of additional prompts, but I just don't like it. With Linux getting some major support from Steam, I may eventually swap back over to Linux with all this non-sense.Bonus points if you're old enough to understand my title's pop culture reference.

I got your reference boo and I am pretty young.

[TechyBen]

On 13/09/2018 at 3:54 PM, AluminiumTech said:

And now the thought of Linux for my laptop seems more and more like a good idea.

Oh, I already did. The literally battering Win 10 gave me, even with the likes of the GWX (whatever) blockers... I switched. Laptop has Linux, next build is getting Linux, and Win 10 + 7 in VRM or dual boot.

[DavidKalinowski]

On 9/12/2018 at 9:48 AM, LAwLz said:

This is the kind of shit they should be sued over. It should be completely unacceptable behavior from a legal and ethical standpoint. 

 

Fuck off Microsoft. 

Isnt this exactly the kinda shit they did get into anti-trust status back in the late 90s early 2000's over? I wish they would just make a stripped down windows. Not added crap, just windows, and a basic file manager.