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Microsoft is trying a new way to stop users from downloading Google Chrome. If you open the Chrome download page in Microsoft Edge, you may see a new banner at the top. This version looks different from the usual prompts that ask users to stay with Edge.

I'm curious, what if I download Firefox from Edge? 🤔

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 14 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

How long before windows is literally an edge browser with permanent copilot ?

I give it a year.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 hours ago (1 children)
[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Your computer won't even be a computer, just a display with an Internet connection to a data centre.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As much as I would personally hate that, it honestly wouldn't be a bad choice for my aging parents and my IT load when I visit them.

Linux is likely in their future, but thin clients for them would greatly reduce and centralize their compute considering what they actually need.

[–] mech@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago

Have you used any of the Microsoft cloud products?
It's completely ridiculous how bad they are, especially for admins.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Microsoft could even push its AI summaries as a RAM-friendly version of visiting website pages.

[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 1 points 59 minutes ago

I think I just puked

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

They wanted to do that with internet explorer but regulators weren't monopoly-friendly back then.