Current-era Microsoft continuing to push the boundaries of consent.

Microsoft Edge is a good browser but for some reason Microsoft keeps trying to shove it down everyone’s throat and make it more difficult to use rivals like Chrome or Firefox. Microsoft has now started notifying IT admins that it will force Outlook and Teams to ignore the default web browser on Windows and open links in Microsoft Edge instead.

  • @[email protected]
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    342 years ago

    That’s how it works with Microsoft. Even search in Windows disregards completely your default browsers settings into opening them straight in Edge.

    • @[email protected]
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      112 years ago

      I mean, do people actually use the search feature for anything besides looking for files IN your system?

      • @[email protected]
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        122 years ago

        And Microsoft thinks that if they don’t find the file we want them to search on a search engine we don’t use on a browser we don’t use.

        • @[email protected]
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          122 years ago

          Microsoft thinks that if you type the full word you must not actually be looking for the thing you typed