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[–] [email protected] 175 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Use an ad-filled browser controlled by a megacorp, with an engine built by another megacorp?

Hmmm, I dunno

[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Even better. After you've explicitly triggered the default change MS is like "have you tried the all new megacorp spyware? It's not actually new, but identical to the spyware we already installed and absolutely nothing has changed in the last 10 seconds since you made the decision, but we figured we'd throw another churn barrier at you because fuck you; we own your OS. You're our product now bitch, and that's all you'll ever be"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don't forget the OS built by a megacorp snorkeling up all your data anyways

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

..that they ask you to actually pay for the privilege. Because remember, windows isn't actually free (and you pay for it if you buy a pre-built).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I feel it's important to point out that you can simply not activate Windows and use it indefinitely

Does make you wonder though where Microsoft is getting that money from

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Corporate Users. My guess is, that almost any office job where you work on a Computer has Windows as OS. You have a license for your job. The license for home usage is bonus money to Microsoft.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At least I can mostly opt out there. Or use Linux

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Sure if you trust that the opt-out switches actually work.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They must do something, or Windows wouldn't constantly turn them back on with every other update.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Maybe that’s just what they want you to think.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

and don't get reset the next update.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Do you think Microsoft wants to get sued by the EU?

Those opt-out work. Or at least in the EU they do.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Well, on the other hand, said megacorp finances the only other engine (Gecko, Blink being a fork of Apples Webkit), so they don't have to bother with monopoly restrictions.

Current web is broken.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I realize this, but technically Mozilla is still an independent entity. They also fight some Google attempts at Web DRM, so it's still healthy competition

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

and web standards! chrome doesn't care much about web standards. they regularly add new nonstandard proprieties that eventually wins because of their market-size.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

who needs a standard when you are the standard /s

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope to see servo on my device next to Firefox some day.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

aren't they the same megacorp

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

I think they’re referring to the fact that Edge runs on the Chromium engine which, as the name implies, is a Google product.