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That's a rather melodramatic interpretation. Have you opened a lot of .mht or .shtml files lately? What about ftp:// links? (Most browsers have removed FTP sup
by dale_huevo 1y ago
That's a rather melodramatic interpretation.
Have you opened a lot of .mht or .shtml files lately? What about ftp:// links? (Most browsers have removed FTP support and if HN is to be believed, FTP users should be beaten and locked in a cell with the uneducated, mouth breathing http:// http:// users).
And in doing so, not cared enough to immediately go into control panel and change the file association manually, as you could for the last 30 years; rather, insisting you need an Easy Button (tm) to do this in one click?
This impacts like 0.001% of users.
- Krssst 1y agoThe start menu opens Bing in Edge. Pressing Win+F1 opens Bing in Edge.
- AshleysBrain 1y agoThey were referring to some apps ignoring your default browser preference and opening Microsoft Edge whenever you click any link in the app. That's not a niche case, it's an everyday interaction.
- dale_huevo 1y agoLiterally nothing stops any app from hard coding launching msedge.exe or chrome.exe
- layer8 1y agoThis is about integrated Windows functions from Microsoft that force the use of Edge. That constitutes anticompetitive behavior by Microsoft, besides ignoring configured user preferences.
- raphinou 1y agoBut why ignore the user preference?
- hnuser123456 1y agoSo Bing has non-zero MAU due to people accidentally clicking links on the Windows lockscreen to "learn more about this picture"
- solarkraft 1y agoThe law does now. There’s a default setting for a reason.
- charcircuit 1y agoAre you sure they were ignoring defaults and not just using edge deeplinks. It's not much different than apps like slack who always use a packaged in chromium instead of your default browser's web engine.
- thomastjeffery 1y agoOpening Edge instead of whatever is set to default impacts way more than 0.001% of users. I think you are the one being melodramatic here.