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A lot of a weird arguments here. You are OK with Google being the default and not Bing? Sounds silly to me. Have you heard of "other browsers" on iOS and how A
by chirau 7y ago
A lot of a weird arguments here. You are OK with Google being the default and not Bing? Sounds silly to me.
Have you heard of "other browsers" on iOS and how Apple forces them to use Safari specs?
This is more of you folks having an issue with Microsoft itself, not what they have done. Because your favorite company is doing it already and you just choose to look away.
- SteveSmith16384 7y agoI don't mind what the default is when I install a browser since I know to change it, but I have issues with any piece of software altering the settings of another unrelated piece of software that I've already configured.
- Kuraj 7y agoI'm not OK with software messing with my other software. I install Office because I need it, not because I think it and everything else Microsoft has made is the best thing ever.
- ajay_sibri04 7y agoUse open office then??
- s_y_n_t_a_x 7y agoLets not pretend browsers are like other software. They are essentially a VM that can run remote untrusted code. Software has changed the start page, search providers, and installed plugins into browsers for a very long time, this is nothing new.
- JC5413789642675 7y agoHow many users are going to get "stuck" because of the text below, from the MS bulletin? "Once this feature has rolled out, your end users can change their search engine preferences only via the toggle in the extension; they cannot modify the default search engine in browser preferences."