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I wanted to be the default browser, ok. It wanted to import all my info.. no thanks there was other nastyness I don’t remember. Then it showed me so much junk
by alfor 4y ago
I wanted to be the default browser, ok.
It wanted to import all my info.. no thanks
there was other nastyness I don’t remember.
Then it showed me so much junk and crappy news on new page, it was pure propaganda.
That was the end of it. I know it’s possible to configure all those things, but the starting experience was soo bad I got away quickly.
- coliveira 4y agoIt is classic microsoft behavior. They don't create apps, they create traps. The end goal is just to make people slaves of their software. The software they create is just "leverage" so they can trap more and more of you or your business.
- alfor 4y agoIt seem to me that Google at first was focused on making the best products but ended up in a very similar place. Absolute power corrupt absolutely.
- coliveira 4y agoThis is indeed a theme for large software companies, but Microsoft has perfected it over the years. The way they turned open source and web technologies to further their goals is just another reminder. Many companies are now entrapped into Azure-related software that can only survive in a Microsoft world.
- Tempest1981 4y agoRight, I just wanted "new tab" to open about:blank -- doesn't seem possible. You get their news feed on every new tab.