Imagine paying money for an os and having to go through this song and dance to not have your productivity tool become an ad infested unproductivity tool
Windows is essentially "free", as in for most people there is no savings from not using Windows, like it is i.e. if you build your desktop your self.
Linux is compeeting with effectivly mandatory prepaid Windows installs.
You can get your money back if you don't plan on using the license.
Lucky us I guess.
(FTR: Linux is as usual as Mac at work now. I've even seen a team lead and a sales guy run Linux!)
Yeah, and some of us don't. A lot of us, actually. I personally get kinda sick of the arrogance of people who think they're above everyone else because they chose a different operating system.
And reading the article it explicitly says they will only show users this feature if edge is their default browser.
I.e., it shows up for everyone, not just people who aren't using Edge already. They aren't specifically targeting Chrome and Firefox users; they are just also included in the group.
That’s not what it says. It says "even when Microsoft Edge is the default browser".
we don't have to imagine it, this isn't new, this is the Status quo.
And we're all to enrolled/busy/tired to give a shit about it. just make the customizing changes and move on.
We generally pay for services, to avoid ads.