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Why just in the EU?! I know.. because of strict regulations and fear of billions in fines. But.. what if Microsoft plays fair and just ditches this aggressive

Why just in the EU?! I know.. because of strict regulations and fear of billions in fines. But.. what if Microsoft plays fair and just ditches this aggressive behavior and shows some respect to its users who have already paid for their Windows license and let them use whatever software they want. I use Edge as my default browser in Windows and just a few days ago wanted to test something related to web in Chrome. I have chrome installed but didn’t open it in months now.. but, guess what? The moment I clicked the chrome icon, a notification popped up saying something like: “Use edge, a fast, secure.. a bla bla bla browser..”. I was literally shocked by how far can MS go to promote its own products even if you always use them as your main tools.

mostlysimilar 3y ago
> what if Microsoft plays fair and just ditches this aggressive behavior and shows some respect to its users They've likely run the numbers and found that they make way more money this way. That's the only factor that comes into it. How far can they push and annoy people while still making profit.
progfix 3y ago
Microsoft thinks this is okay because Google did the same thing with Chrome on the Google start page. I remember a coworker asking me what Chrome is, because "his computer" keeps telling him to install it.
- warning26 3y ago
  Not to fully excuse Google's behavior, but baking that behavior into an operating system seems far worse than putting nags on a website. Google's prompts weren't that different than those "Get Firefox!" badges people used to put up in the 2000s.
  - ruune 3y ago
    It's not illegal to promote something. What's illegal is overtaking a new market by pushing your stuff via already established monopolies in entirely different markets (at least under EU-law). Which is why Microsoft is taking action (and google stopped pushing their browser via their search engine)

mostlysimilar 3y ago

> what if Microsoft plays fair and just ditches this aggressive behavior and shows some respect to its users They've likely run the numbers and found that they make way more money this way. That's the only factor that comes into it. How far can they push and annoy people while still making profit.

progfix 3y ago

Microsoft thinks this is okay because Google did the same thing with Chrome on the Google start page. I remember a coworker asking me what Chrome is, because "his computer" keeps telling him to install it.

warning26 3y ago
Not to fully excuse Google's behavior, but baking that behavior into an operating system seems far worse than putting nags on a website. Google's prompts weren't that different than those "Get Firefox!" badges people used to put up in the 2000s.
- ruune 3y ago
  It's not illegal to promote something. What's illegal is overtaking a new market by pushing your stuff via already established monopolies in entirely different markets (at least under EU-law). Which is why Microsoft is taking action (and google stopped pushing their browser via their search engine)