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> Have you clicked on try now? That is hilarious. Apple has become the very thing they criticized, or even worse. Microsoft had nagged me twice (one notificat

> Have you clicked on try now? That is hilarious. Apple has become the very thing they criticized, or even worse. Microsoft had nagged me twice (one notification, one "try Edge" when switching to FF) about Edge.

kvark 5y ago
I find the "reboot" advice equally funny. As if this notification itself is a bug and shouldn't have been there to start with. What's next - try scanning your drive for a virus?
ericmay 5y ago
I agree they've been going downhill on these fronts, but... as someone who uses a Windows laptop for work and a Mac its not even close.
tsuujin 5y ago
How did you manage this? MS constantly nags me about edge. It’s in menus, it sends me periodic “reminders”, etc. When I gave up and just started using Edge to make it stop, they started nagging me about switching to Bing. They call it “recommended settings”.
- zamalek 5y ago
  In that case, I have no idea: I just don't get dumb shit from Windows. Maybe because I have the pro sku? They did make it much harder to switch in 11 with individual URI associations, but FF does all of them when you tell it to become the default.
gpt5 5y ago
Microsoft incorporate every possible anti pattern into pushing their products on Windows users. It's not even close.
- gogopuppygogo 5y ago
  Was anyone else surprised Microsoft didn’t call the latest Gen Xbox the “Xbox One 360 Series X” with how excellent their branding has been as of late?
  - recursive 5y ago
    I have the latest newest xbox, and it's so confusing, I couldn't actually tell you the name of it. I think it's pretty close to what you have there. Maybe without the "360"? But I distinctly recall that it seems to be a mishmash of other xbox names.
- adrr 5y ago
  My theory is they bought linked in for their dark pattern trade secrets.
  - judge2020 5y ago
    MS bought LinkedIn for the foothold and mindshare they held in work-focused social media.
jrockway 5y ago
Microsoft is pretty weird about all of these things. I get the "hey we could just import your bookmarks and you'd never have to see Chrome again" from time to time. I also remember some major Windows update when you couldn't see your desktop, and you got this super weird "ALL YOUR FILES ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU LEFT THEM" slideshow. Also, "are you sure you want to keep using X to open .xyz files?" Yeah I'm sure, that's why I checked the checkbox "don't ask me again". And now you're asking me again. (I get why they do this... people accidentally click "never ask me again" but didn't like the choice they made, and there is no obvious way to make it let you pick again.) I wish they made Windows Pro+ where for an extra $20 it would turn off all "friendly" features. Controversial opinion: I just want my OS to provide some APIs and time slice between processes. Anything else can be done in userspace.
- avtar 5y ago
  Windows Pro is already expensive enough. Switching to a non-nag, no Candy Crush mode should just be an option.

kvark 5y ago

I find the "reboot" advice equally funny. As if this notification itself is a bug and shouldn't have been there to start with. What's next - try scanning your drive for a virus?

ericmay 5y ago

I agree they've been going downhill on these fronts, but... as someone who uses a Windows laptop for work and a Mac its not even close.

tsuujin 5y ago

How did you manage this? MS constantly nags me about edge. It’s in menus, it sends me periodic “reminders”, etc. When I gave up and just started using Edge to make it stop, they started nagging me about switching to Bing. They call it “recommended settings”.

zamalek 5y ago
In that case, I have no idea: I just don't get dumb shit from Windows. Maybe because I have the pro sku? They did make it much harder to switch in 11 with individual URI associations, but FF does all of them when you tell it to become the default.

gpt5 5y ago

Microsoft incorporate every possible anti pattern into pushing their products on Windows users. It's not even close.

gogopuppygogo 5y ago
Was anyone else surprised Microsoft didn’t call the latest Gen Xbox the “Xbox One 360 Series X” with how excellent their branding has been as of late?
- recursive 5y ago
  I have the latest newest xbox, and it's so confusing, I couldn't actually tell you the name of it. I think it's pretty close to what you have there. Maybe without the "360"? But I distinctly recall that it seems to be a mishmash of other xbox names.
adrr 5y ago
My theory is they bought linked in for their dark pattern trade secrets.
- judge2020 5y ago
  MS bought LinkedIn for the foothold and mindshare they held in work-focused social media.

jrockway 5y ago

Microsoft is pretty weird about all of these things. I get the "hey we could just import your bookmarks and you'd never have to see Chrome again" from time to time. I also remember some major Windows update when you couldn't see your desktop, and you got this super weird "ALL YOUR FILES ARE EXACTLY WHERE YOU LEFT THEM" slideshow. Also, "are you sure you want to keep using X to open .xyz files?" Yeah I'm sure, that's why I checked the checkbox "don't ask me again". And now you're asking me again. (I get why they do this... people accidentally click "never ask me again" but didn't like the choice they made, and there is no obvious way to make it let you pick again.) I wish they made Windows Pro+ where for an extra $20 it would turn off all "friendly" features. Controversial opinion: I just want my OS to provide some APIs and time slice between processes. Anything else can be done in userspace.

avtar 5y ago
Windows Pro is already expensive enough. Switching to a non-nag, no Candy Crush mode should just be an option.