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• linuxisfun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No need to open a web browser to install another one on Windows 10 and 11.

  All one has to do is open a terminal, type winget install Mozilla.Firefox and hit Enter. ;)

  Pro tip: To update all software on a Windows computer you can type winget upgrade --all and hit Enter (especially useful for computers from family or friends with LibreOffice or Java versions from the stone age …).

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  • fatalError@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    wow, for a seconds I thought you were mocking windows for not having some central software repo like linux uses apt-get, but it actually works o.O
    TIL winget is a thing.

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    • linuxisfun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Haha, glad to hear that you discovered winget through my post!

      It was, in my opinion, long overdue for Microsoft to introduce a package manager for Windows, but now that it is there, you can actually use it for all kinds of useful stuff. E. g. I would, if I was using Windows, create a PowerShell script to install my software all at once for whenever I reinstall my computer. This makes reinstalling a lot faster and I have documentation about the programs I had installed before. ;)

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  • Izzent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Upgrade all, wow. I knew about Winget install, but this is so good!! Thanks for the advice 😁

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  • StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.astaluk.icu ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ll be damned… Did not know that existed. I’ve never used the Windows store and it still found updates for most of what I have installed.

    Thanks!

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  • AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    K saved this for more difficult times ✌️

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  • ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve been using chocolatey for years but TIL about winget. Cheers!

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  • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    keivan.io/the-day-appget-died/

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  • KiofKi@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    TIL. Running the upgrade all just now and it's a blessing

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  • Tippon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    This is why I’ll never use Windows, it’s just too complicated for the average person. Imagine having to enter commands into the command line just to upgrade your computer, that’s way beyond most people.

    I’d rather just stick with Mint with its GUI and automatic updates 😉

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  • ebits21@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Love it for libreoffice since getting auto update will likely take a decade

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  • Serpardum@lemmyonline.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The hero we need.

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• igorlogius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  There’s no need to download a new web browser

  That banner should be illegal.

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  • sci@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    it used to be for some time

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• gosling@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Is there even any advantage of using Chrome instead of Edge in 2023? They’re basically the same since both use Chromium and are ridden with trackers and telemetry

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  • d3Xt3r@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The advantage is that you get to sell your data to Google instead of Microsoft, yay!

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    • MCForTheBest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      In the end the big tech corpos are circle jerking our data anyways unless you go 100% tech free and even then I wouldn’t be surprised if they set-up a profile of you from phones in your proximity.

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  • legion@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Both browsers are equally capable of doing their primary job, which is to download Firefox.

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  • TheKoala73@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    At work we have both, Edge and Chrome, and there actually are minor differences (that might well result from differences in the pushed settings, though). Like, when using our ticketing system, Edge loses the connection to the server after a period of inactivity and Chrome doesn’t. Also, Chrome seems to be a little faster with script processing (subjectively, have never measured…). But otherwise, they’re basically the same, just as you said.

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  • MonkderZweite@feddit.ch ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Use Chromium instead.

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• jungekatz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Go firefox 🥺

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• Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Chrome does it too yet i only see people complain when edge does it. Why?

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  • hikaru755@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Because Edge is the default browser on the most widespread operating system. If you’re using Chrome, you very likely already switched once and are better informed than someone encountering the message on Edge.

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    • mates1500@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Whether you use Microsoft spyware or Google spyware, I wouldn’t really consider either choice as “better informed” user. If you want debloated chromium… you can use chromium. Then there is Firefox, Brave, and bunch more as privacy oriented.

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And the second most widespread OS (ChromeOS) has Chrome as the default browser.

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    • Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Chrome have literally a monopoly what are you talking about ? Out of the two, edge (chrome but Microsoft Spyware instead of Google) is better just for the AI stuff. People who are used to chrome just default it install it because for some reason they think transferring their bookmarks and password is some impossible magic. That being said, use Firefox instead.

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  • ilikemoney@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    More fun to hate Microsoft, though I personally do not like chrome as a browser

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• hikarulsi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Why would anyone even use chrome? At least use brave that blocks all the scam ads. Better to use Firefox for sure

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  • DominicHillsun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s an office computer. More or less it is a requirement.

    I personally use firefox.

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  • silverbax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Brave sells your data.

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    • pbaesse@ursal.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      @silverbax @technology @hikarulsi i ve heard this. Any links about it??

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• n3m37h@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is why I download Firefox instead

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  • such_fifty_bucks@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There’s only one website I’ve ever visited on IE, Edge, Safari, Chrome and it’s getfirefox.com

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    • Khanzarate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Also ninite. Does that and more as a first step

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    • tmjaea@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I always typed “mozilla.org/firefox”. Fortunately I use another operating system now which ships with Firefox installed

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• gmtom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Theres 1 popup on screen, its the cookies declaration that basically every website has and is completely unrelated to your search.

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  • Ado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Basically every post like this I’ve seen on Lemmy has been shit similar to this lol. It’s too easy to discredit, I don’t understand how people think it’s a useful argument to make.

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• cyd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Pretty terrible, yes, but with all the bullshit Google is pulling with Chrome, like the Web Integrity stuff, I don’t really mind. It’s assholes vs assholes.

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  • Rooki@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, we just let them fight like monkeys. Because what chrome does i double down on never using chrome ( or chromium based ) browsers.

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    • DominicHillsun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sure, but they are throwing shit in my yard.

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  • eric5949@lemmy.cloudaf.site ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Edge is just chrome, if google supports web integrity it doesn’t matter who doesn’t, whatever google decides to do is automatically the standard since chrome is 3/4 of all web browsers. It’s literally the Microsoft IE thing again.

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    • xeekei@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Open source software is supposed to have a built-in safety net, forking. The issue is that people are most often overly reluctant to actually fork projects when they go to shit (especially if they do so by boiling the frog method), or it gets forked, they rarely really move to the newer forked project and instead keep putting up with the evil old version.

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• OtakuAltair@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How is this shit allowed? It’s so blatant.

  Also, just use Firefox. [Faster than chrome]wonderfulengineering.com/firefox-has-outperformed…](wonderfulengineering.com/firefox-has-outperformed…) these days anyway, and is officially opposing google’s drm garbage.

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  • Ado@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Agreed, but it’s sometimes nice to have a couple/few browser options in case your main one shits out on a website or just starts behaving weirdly.

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• kommarihipsteri@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Firefox masterrace🦊

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• deweydecibel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  To be fair, the cookie banner is unrelated and a one time thing.

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• EatMyDick@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You should see the fucking popups from Google when using edge. Sucks so bad.

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• adeoxymus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Tbh if you use Google (or YouTube) for the first time the cookie consent popup also takes up the entire screen

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  • 1bluepixel@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Right. This post is disingenuous because most users hit that cookie consent prompt on the previous search screen.

    Granted, the top begging prompt is ridiculous on its own.

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• HRDS_654@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  How dare [browser by massive corporation that sells my data for money] make it hard for me to download [browser by massive corporation that sells my data for money]! I will never understand why people still like Chrome.

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• Fontasia@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The second one is a legally mandatory prompt regarding accepting cookies

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  • linuxisfun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It is not mandatory if your site only uses cookies that are technically necessary. One only has to display a prompt for cookies that go beyond that, i. e. tracking cookies.

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  • noodlejetski@geddit.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Iturbide you don’t use tracking cookies, then you’re not required to display the prompt, soooooo

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  • DominicHillsun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It is suspiciously perfect size.

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• Mudkipology@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If you think this is desperate you should try searching for Google through Bing.

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• 6mementomori@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  is edge even that bad compared to chrome?

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  • lemmyvore@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Not really. Speaking from experience, because it comes with Citrix images and it’s already integrated with necessary logins by admins so I usually stick to it. It’s quite alright for normal use. Has some stuff that Chrome doesn’t, like vertical tabs and webpage snapshots.

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    • MCForTheBest@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The vertical tabs, performance and integration are the things that keep me from enjoying other browsers.

      It definitely is way better than it used to be years ago when it was just a internet expl🤮rer rebrand.

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  • snowyday@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Edge is Chrome, it’s built in Chromium. MS then adds on top of that to make it work (well) with their various products and platforms. If you run a corporate IT environment of any size, Edge is very good.

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  • verysoft@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The chromium edge started of fantastic actually, was faster than chrome, less bloated and had some nice extra features. Then after being properly released it slowly started adding all the bullshit and now its a bloated mess. Just use Firefox or a derivative.

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• trimmerfrost@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “There’s no need to download a new web browser” Fuck. The level of insecurity

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• swnt@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  so pathetic. many people download Chrome or firefox add their browser on their first time on an Windows. it’s completely automatic these days in their brain. these people still get even more convinced of their opinion by this interception

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• CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I mean they aren’t wrong, its basically the same shitty browser anyway.

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• darcy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  linux 🫰🫰🫰

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• original_ish_name@latte.isnot.coffee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Search for Linux mint instead

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• jfx@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It doesn’t happen when I search for Links2 though. I wonder why…

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• AndreyAsimow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sneaky aholes

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