Comment on Google Chrome Warning Issued For All Windows Users

• where_am_i@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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  • sugartits@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    sh1t

    You can say “shit” here, nobody is going to be a cunt about it.

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    • doubletwist@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No, but apparently people are going to be a cunt about it if one chooses not to say it.

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      • Specal@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Because it’s looks stupid to use the word whilst censoring it, say it or don’t say it. No point in trying to pretend you’re not saying it.

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    • where_am_i@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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      • Melt@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah god damn the censor shit, even on fucking picture, they censor the swear words to fucking hell by scribing over it

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      • HelloHotel@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Its verry much a good habit. However, You are free to speak your mind here. The fact you use sh1t (falsely) implies the idea that your not allowed to speak your mind. So people got mad 🫤.

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  • Patch@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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  • neclimdul@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨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.

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    • flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨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)

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    • MenacingPerson@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      INAL

      IANAL actually

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      • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I know what it means, but everytime I think it sounds like screaming a new Apple product.

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      • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Could be I’m Not A Lawyer. We call that an “IANAL Contraction”

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  • madis@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I think it will be back this March with the new laws (Digital Markets Act).

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