July 3, 20205 yr They even forced it on windows 7, where its merrily causing BSOD's https://www.theverge.com/21310611/microsoft-edge-browser-forced-update-chromium-editorial EXCERPT: Quote If I told you that my entire computer screen just got taken over by a new app that I’d never installed or asked for — it just magically appeared on my desktop, my taskbar, and preempted my next website launch — you’d probably tell me to run a virus scanner and stay away from shady websites, no? But the insanely intrusive app I’m talking about isn’t a piece of ransomware. It’s Microsoft’s new Chromium Edge browser, which the company is now force-feeding users via an automatic update to Windows. Seriously, when I restarted my Windows 10 desktop this week, an app I’d never asked for: Immediately launched itself Tried to convince me to migrate away from Chrome, giving me no discernible way to click away or say no Pinned itself to my desktop and taskbar Ignored my previous browser preference by asking me — the next time I launched a website — whether I was sure I wanted to use Chrome instead of Microsoft’s oh-so-humble recommendation. Did I mention that, as of this update, you can’t uninstall Edge anymore? It all immediately made me think: what would the antitrust enforcers of the ‘90s, who punished Microsoft for bundling Internet Explorer with Windows, think about this modern abuse of Microsoft’s platform? Edited July 3, 20205 yr by HiFlyer We are all connected..... To each other, biologically...... To the Earth, chemically...... To the rest of the Universe atomically. Devons rig Intel Core i5 13600K @ 5.1GHz / G.SKILL Trident Z5 RGB Series Ram 64GB / GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4070 Ti GAMING OC 12G Graphics Card / Sound Blaster Z / Meta Quest 2 VR Headset / Klipsch® Promedia 2.1 Computer Speakers / ASUS ROG SWIFT PG279Q ‑ 27" IPS LED Monitor ‑ QHD / 1x Samsung SSD 850 EVO 500GB / 2x Samsung SSD 860 EVO 1TB / 1x Samsung - 970 EVO Plus 2TB NVMe / 1x Samsung 980 NVMe 1TB / 2 other regular hd's with up to 10 terabyte capacity / Windows 11 Pro 64-bit / Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX Motherboard LGA 1700 DDR5
July 4, 20205 yr It actually only updated the existing Edge.. Not magic, Edge was always there. Not it has a new look & has been updated. Use it, dont use it. It actually has a smaller footprint than Chrome, uses less memory, uses the same extensions & is faster. Looks better as well. Im not sure what the issue is? Robin "Onward & Upward" ... To the Stars, & Beyond...
July 4, 20205 yr 4 hours ago, Wobbie said: Im not sure what the issue is? The only problem i have is the trying to takeover part: Immediately launched itself Tried to convince me to migrate away from Chrome, giving me no discernible way to click away or say no Pinned itself to my desktop and taskbar Ignored my previous browser preference by asking me — the next time I launched a website — whether I was sure I wanted to use Chrome instead of Microsoft’s oh-so-humble recommendation.
July 5, 20205 yr Annoying, to be sure. 1. Yup. 2. I don't remember what I did to opt out. But it was no big deal. 3. Easy to delete. 4. I think this only happened once. Should we have to put up with this? Maybe not but there it is. Bob i5, 16 GB ram, GTX 960, FS on SSD, Windows 10 64 bit, home built works anyway.
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