Sure we should always have choice but if you’re hopping out of Microsoft’s monopoly into Google’s is there even any point?
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pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 day agoThere’s plenty:
- Not supporting monopolistic practices.
- User preferences.
- Diversifying your software so you don’t get trapped in an ecosystem.
- Not having Copilot stuffed down your throat.
- User preferences.
- Making it possible to rip Edge out of Windows for the purpose of debloating.
LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social 1 day ago
pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If you have to pick between two monopolistic corporations, using both of them but giving each a little less of your data and attention is a way to mitigate the risks and damage.
If Microsoft can harvest data on how I use my computer, I can at least make it a bit harder for them to harvest my browsing habits too by not giving them browser telemetry too.
pycorax@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
- Not supporting monopolistic practices.
The rest of the points are fair but you seriously saying that getting Chrome of all things is not supporting monopolistic practices?
pivot_root@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh, no. I’m saying Microsoft owning your operating system and using it to push their browser as a default browser is a monopolistic practice, whereas using Chrome by is just reinforcing an existing monopoly. The same goes for Mac and Safari.
Neither browser is good, but it’s a step in the right direction to punish a corporation for their active attempts to subvert competition in a bid to establish their own monopoly in place of the current one.
Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
why did this even get upvoted. the only valid point is not having copilot and maybe removing edge if thats even possible.