I don't remember that. Where is it from?
Microsoft never liked competing browsers (not even in the pre-IE6 era when they all they had was crap), so it's hard to believe it came from them.
Comment on Google Chrome Warning Issued For All Windows Users
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Microsoft really wants someone to remind it of these days:
GigglyBobble@kbin.social 7 months ago
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
EU fined the sh1t out of them, and somebody in the regulatory body at the time realized that was not enough. So they were ordered to present the user with a choice of a browser during the OS install.
What I really want to know is why and how it went away.
sugartits@lemmy.world 7 months ago
sh1t
You can say “shit” here, nobody is going to be a cunt about it.
doubletwist@lemmy.world 7 months ago
No, but apparently people are going to be a cunt about it if one chooses not to say it.
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I’d say I got a good habit. Too much of the internet randomly filters “obscenity”. Whenever that happens it seems the devs are too fvkin damb to properly implement it.
Patch@feddit.uk 7 months ago
What I really want to know is why and how it went away.
The move was in place because of the fear that IE was becoming a monopoly. Now Edge is very very far from the most popular browser, and Google Chrome is looking like the overwhelmingly dominant player, there’s no reason to make MS prompt people to download rival products anymore.
neclimdul@lemmy.world 7 months ago
INAL but my understanding was a lot of the fines and penalties hung on IE being part of the OS. I think it was the update functionality but don’t quote me.
So with some legal technicalities, later versions of windows made it “not” part of the OS just a bundled application. A legal distinction without meaning but it meant they didn’t need to do these things anymore.
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
The great joke is they are making the same mistakes again with edge, unfortunately the American justice system is a shambles these days so it’s probably down to the EU to take the moral high ground.
Microsoft appear to be exposed to monopolistic penalties in several markets currently: browsers, AI / search, teams and office come to mind (although competitors are lacking, here)
madis@lemm.ee 7 months ago
I think it will be back this March with the new laws (Digital Markets Act).
bitwolf@lemmy.one 7 months ago
Honestly surprised Opera and Mozilla don’t strike again together
space@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
Opera gave up a long time ago when they abandoned Presto. Today it is owned by some Chinese company, and they are just chasing the latest buzzwords, crypto, AI, you name it.
vinhill@feddit.de 7 months ago
There are talks in the EU with the DMA about bringing this back.
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Yup, they already forced Google to announce that they’ll add such a choice screen for the search engine and web browser on Android: neowin.net/…/google-will-add-new-search-and-brows…
BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I like that part of firefox’s summary was that it’s free. Uh, yeah, they all are. Thanks Mozilla!
Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Well, its not proprietary
stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Opera originally wasn’t free.
Also, while it is chromium based, Vivaldi is excellent and is essentially a bunch of old Opera team members.
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 7 months ago
It is the only Free software in that dialog though.
KISSmyOS@feddit.de 7 months ago
No, they are all available at no cost. Only Firefox is free software.
AProfessional@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Chrome is free software. Yes it has tiny bits that are proprietary but it’s practically no different, Firefox just download widevine at runtime.
KISSmyOS@feddit.de 7 months ago
There’s a name for free software with proprietary bits added: Proprietary software