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> I think the problem here is that they installed it without user consent. That depends. The post doesn't clarify whether Edge was already installed in its le
by jscholes 6y ago
> I think the problem here is that they installed it without user consent.
That depends. The post doesn't clarify whether Edge was already installed in its legacy incarnation. If so, and they received an update, that's not ""installing without user consent".
I recently installed the Chromium version of Edge manually and didn't encounter any of this behaviour. It's a shame that Microsoft are doing something Windows Update-specific, although maybe people who are the most averse to this behaviour are the more technical crowd who will have already grabbed an installer for themselves anyway?
- gramakri 6y ago"shoving Edge down our throats" to me implies without consent. But as you say, it could be that the user consented long time ago but doesn't remember :)
- perl4ever 6y agoIt's rather complicated I guess, but I've heard rumors of a concept of consent where it's something that can be revoked. Sometimes people get quite vehement about it.
- wolco 6y agoI couldn't understand where it came from. Turned off updates.
- freeone3000 6y agoEdge was installed as part of a previous update, 1905.