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Windows 10 has alerts to encourage Firefox users to use IE
- bostand 10y agoCan you really call these "ads"??
- Neliquat 10y agoA message begging the use of a product? An unsolicited one at that? Yes, yes you can. Pretty sure that neatly fits the definition both in fact and in spirit.
- WayneBro 10y agoThe "ad" can easily be removed unlike on OS X. Go ahead try to never open the App Store on OS X. You can't do it because you need it for updates. When you open it you will see actual ads. At least I can get rid of the tiny little "ad" on Windows. And I never use the Microsoft store. Ever. I have never been forced to use it and I've been using Windows 10 since release.
- synackrst 10y agoYou can install OS X / "Core" updates (but not updates for apps that you've installed via the App Store) via the `softwareupdate` command line utility [0]. It's not at all ideal for an everyday user, but would work if you wanted to avoid the App Store entirely. [0] http://gotofritz.net/blog/geekery/os-x-software-update-from-command-line/ http://gotofritz.net/blog/geekery/os-x-software-update-from-...
- talmand 10y agoThe image provided shows a literal example of an ad.
- shakna 10y agoEdge demands attention till you disable it's popups. Telemetry reactivates itself every time Windows updates. Also Edge forgets your ignore preference, and repins itself to the taskbar. Ads can appear on the start menu, and lock screen. Office asks to be activated every time you open it if you don't link an email. (Though it is activated). You no longer have search without Cortana. These are not small annoyances that happen sometimes. They happen frequently. Microsoft is dictating how you must use a computer. It results in a lot of calls from less tech savvy friends wanting me to 'fix' their computers. This seems to me, to be an unsustainable bad business practice. It could work if there was no competition in the market, but Apple certainly competes, and for many, Android is also an option. That's ignoring the crapshow that tried to force everyone to adopt W10.
- norea-armozel 10y agoOddly, this has yet to happen to me. But I'm still thinking about reverting to Windows 7 if Vulkan adoption continues to take off (and most of my games still use dx9) because the only reason why I updated to Windows 10 was for dx12. So I feel I get no value out of it since I don't play games that ever use it.
- dogma1138 10y agoVulkan Next is likely to mandate windows 10 at least partially for mGPU support and other things wddm2 is brilliant. There might be ways around it but I would not bet my life one it. Windows 10 has also quite a few other advantages like native nvme support, multipath smb and many other neat features. I would also not hold my breath for Vulkan adoption Xbox and PS4 aren't going to support it which means that still most games would use DX on windows.
- valarauca1 10y agoI feel I should point out you can't hold up MacOS/OSX as an alternative to Win10 to avoid A company telling you how to use a computer. That is very much Apple's ballgame. If you don't want an opinionated OS you are going to end up using Linux. Yet commenters will still jump down my throat b/c a single distro does something they dislike.
- throwaway6845 10y agoI don't see this as substantially different from the ads that appear on google.com telling me to switch to Chrome when I have the temerity to access it from Safari.
- SixSigma 10y agoDo you pay to use google.com ?
- WayneBro 10y agoYes. I had to pay my ISP. We all also paid Google with tax subsidies. Also we all pay with our private information that Google collects and sells. Did I directly pay Google do use google.com? No. I never paid the full price for Windows either.
- shakna 10y agoThat's a site suggesting a client that may be better supported. In the past when programs popped up suggesting another might be better, we referred to it as malware.
- Kipters 10y agoThe title is wrong. The popup is about Edge, not IE.
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoThe current title (Windows 10 has alerts to encourage Firefox users to use IE) is not the one from the link and it is actually a lie. I'm not sure if the Reddit title has been changed after or if Op here thought it was clever, witty or funny to write "IE" for drama purposes. You just have to click the link to see it encourages to use Edge, not IE. Still something we might (should, really) frown upon, but there's no need to lie about it.
- shakna 10y agoEdge is IE. It's a rebranded fork. So I wouldn't exactly call it a lie. Conflating Chrome and Chromium happens all the time.
- SippinLean 10y agoThey rewrote Trident to be Webkit-compatible (EdgeHTML). It's technically a fork of Trident but lacking most of things that made IE bad, "is IE" is completely wrong. Chrome and Chromium share a layout engine.
- em3rgent0rdr 10y agoSometimes the original title doesn't fit within character limit, so submitters might abbreviate if they think it might be reaching the limit. I don't know if this was a motivation here.
- NetStrikeForce 10y agoInternet Edge? :-P
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoFunny, I didn't even notice this and I imagine many others didn't either. If anything this shows how poorly MS markets Edge. Technically, its a fork of IE, but even then, MS still seems unable to separate its products. This must greatly be hurting adoption, thus the heavy handed tactics here. Nadella needs to be dragged over the coals for this. The OS has now become hostile. The number of steps to change your default browser is inexcusable and the constant whining to switch back should be actionable. Sadly, with a GOP administration at the helm, I think further anti-trust efforts on MS, or any big company, are probably not politically practical.
- beezischillin 10y agoTime and time again, Microsoft promises to change, to reinvent itself -- all they've been doing is taking existing issues customers had with them and making them worse. Shame, such a shame. I've stopped believing in Nadella's aura of the saviour who reinvents the company when Windows 10 was released. I've switched to Apple since and even with all of their mess-ups, it's a whole world of difference. I really hope that they're gonna turn it around soon, to. Kind of a shame that Linux does not have the same application support macOS and Windows does, I'd switch to that, if it had.
- ieatkittens 10y ago"the next version will be better, promise" I've heard that with Windows, Office, IE, and Sharepoint. I'd happily give up the esc key to avoid that hell.
- beezischillin 10y agoI don't mind the touch bar, I find it pretty interesting, although I only own two 2015 models (I should've waited a bit, I admit). I mostly mind the battery life they're giving up for thinness and various design mess ups that are so un-Apple. (like newer features in iOS, such as Apple Music, etc.)
- Omnius 10y agoEvery time i am on battery i get an Edge popup telling me how much battery i could save by using edge instead of chrome.