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This has got to be the most Orwellian thing I've read today, and Microsoft saying this unironically is just bizarre: “Windows openly enables applications and s

This has got to be the most Orwellian thing I've read today, and Microsoft saying this unironically is just bizarre: “Windows openly enables applications and services on its platform, including various web browsers,” says a Microsoft spokesperson. “At the same time, Windows also offers certain end-to-end customer experiences in both Windows 10, and Windows 11, the search experience from the taskbar is one such example of an end-to-end experience that is not designed to be redirected. When we become aware of improper redirection, we issue a fix.”

teawrecks 5y ago
Windows isn't targeting you, they're targeting your parents/grandparents who will unintentionally put their system in a non-standard state that makes it difficult for msft or anyone else to support them. They want to lock the system down to control the experience as much as possible. Unfortunately, they believe that this one size fits all.
grishka 5y ago
We want our users to have choice, except in some cases in which we do our best to deny it to them.
KoftaBob 5y ago
Reminds me of the famous "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants, so long as it is black!" from Henry Ford.
psyc 5y ago
This sounds like the ol' "IE is an inextricable OS component" routine.
aspaceman 5y ago
Probably mean to ask this way, but why does this read like something written by a moron? Like it has this unprofessional condescending air to it.
- AnimalMuppet 5y ago
  Because it's hard to say "we're going to force you to do it the way we want" in an uncondescending way. It's even harder to supply a BS rationalization for why you're going to force them in an uncondescending way.
__s 5y ago
Looks like Firefox should be able to replace my taskbar somehow then If they could make it like the Windows 98 taskbar while they're at it, that'd be great tbh it's annoying typing in a program name & getting search results listed. I just want to open a program by name without taking my hands off the keyboard

teawrecks 5y ago

Windows isn't targeting you, they're targeting your parents/grandparents who will unintentionally put their system in a non-standard state that makes it difficult for msft or anyone else to support them. They want to lock the system down to control the experience as much as possible. Unfortunately, they believe that this one size fits all.

grishka 5y ago

We want our users to have choice, except in some cases in which we do our best to deny it to them.

KoftaBob 5y ago

Reminds me of the famous "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants, so long as it is black!" from Henry Ford.

psyc 5y ago

This sounds like the ol' "IE is an inextricable OS component" routine.

aspaceman 5y ago

Probably mean to ask this way, but why does this read like something written by a moron? Like it has this unprofessional condescending air to it.

AnimalMuppet 5y ago
Because it's hard to say "we're going to force you to do it the way we want" in an uncondescending way. It's even harder to supply a BS rationalization for why you're going to force them in an uncondescending way.

__s 5y ago

Looks like Firefox should be able to replace my taskbar somehow then If they could make it like the Windows 98 taskbar while they're at it, that'd be great tbh it's annoying typing in a program name & getting search results listed. I just want to open a program by name without taking my hands off the keyboard