DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Windows 11 to get people to ditch Googlewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square232fedilinkarrow-up11.09Karrow-down128cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnews@radiation.partytechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up213arrow-down6·1 year agoMicrosoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoThat didn’t work in the 90s.
minus-squarehoshikarakitaridia@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·1 year agoOr in: 2000 2002 2003 2005 2008 2011 (2022) Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·1 year agoKuduos to you doing your HW. :)
minus-squareDocMcStuffin@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoIn retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
minus-squarechaogomu@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down1·1 year agoPart of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoThis is why we can’t have good things.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoWhich sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
minus-squareChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoFor anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk Also there’s apparently an open source version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk https://piped.video/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoDon’t tell the other bots but you are my favorite 🤫
minus-squareMattTheTekie@lemmy.test72.eu.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoLooking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
minus-squareAnemervi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoIf you need more ammunition they recently also changed it so all links in Outlook opens in Edge even if it’s not the default browser. You have to go to settings and find an entirely separate default browser setting to stop it.
minus-squareselfreferentialname@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI switched to Thunderbird because of that bullshit. It’s getting worse. I’ll be looking for a good Linux distro for my next laptop.
minus-squarenutsack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI didn’t think that sort of thing happened anymore
minus-squarePHLAK@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoSo does Google though if we’re being honest.
minus-squareRai@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoMicrosoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me. But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”
minus-squareThe_Mixer_Dude@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoShouldn’t Apple be the focus of efforts?
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoWhy not both? I think in reality the Chrome web browser is a huge threat to Internet freedom and should be a top priority.
Microsoft really needs an antitrust smackdown with their repeated behavior.
That didn’t work in the 90s.
Or in:
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_litigation
Kuduos to you doing your HW. :)
Yes
In retrospect, DoJ didn’t go far enough back then and ignored Microsoft’s anti-competitive behavior with BeOS.
Part of it was Reagan massively weakened antitrust law after Ma Bell was broken up.
This is why we can’t have good things.
Ma Bell, the ill communication
Which sucked because BeOS was really good for its time.
For anyone curious about BeOS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
Also there’s apparently an open source version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=MzosnPSETzk
https://piped.video/watch?v=6-zgv0CZfco
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Don’t tell the other bots but you are my favorite 🤫
Looking at the lobbying with the MS-Activision mess, and how broken the government here is. I’m sure they would of gave in.
Yes they do!
If you need more ammunition they recently also changed it so all links in Outlook opens in Edge even if it’s not the default browser. You have to go to settings and find an entirely separate default browser setting to stop it.
I switched to Thunderbird because of that bullshit. It’s getting worse. I’ll be looking for a good Linux distro for my next laptop.
I didn’t think that sort of thing happened anymore
So does Google though if we’re being honest.
Microsoft saying “stop using Google” is actually totally fine with me.
But only if they’re saying “go get Firefox.”
Shouldn’t Apple be the focus of efforts?
Why not both?
I think in reality the Chrome web browser is a huge threat to Internet freedom and should be a top priority.