The real travisty here is The Verge trying to install Chrome instead of Firefox
The Verge is the IGN of the techblogs.
Too bad they don’t have an option for “I just don’t want to use Edge”. Especially with how hard Microsoft is pushing it, that just makes me want to use it less.
With it being a free product, it must be very valuable for them to have you use it.
Just remember that when using edge or chrome.
This
I don't want to use edge, but I do have to admit between Chrome and Edge, Edge has become the less evil. It respects the search and ad tracking opt out settings on your account, and doesn't disable or cripple ad blockers. The "strict" account wide setting on Edge is so strict that sites will pop up asking you disable ad blockers even if you don't have one.
This VS the current state of Chrome which undermines ad blocking, and forces you to opt out of ad tracking on every install of Chrome across all devices... Oh.. But they're going to enable ip masquing now.. Because they don't need your ip with all the identifiers they are injecting into your browser.
I hate MS... But the don't be evil company has done a 180 in a rapid fashion over the last couple of years and sadly.. MS is now the lesser of two evils.
That a Microsoft product is the lesser of two evils is very damning for Google
And then there is Firefox, which isn’t evil at all. Lets not settle for any level of evil.
100%, it was a surprising and depressing realization when the recent updates forced me to take a good look at both ecosystems from the privacy, control and settings standpoints.
Literally the reason I don't use it is how hard they push it. It's actually a great browser if you work in an office 365 environment
Microsoft sounding like an overly attached partner who cannot accept that the relationship is already over
Use Linux.
Give it a break. To the average user that's like using a bazooka to hunt deer. I love Linux but Windows has its place for most people and will for many years to come.
The average user doesn't need Windows.
The average user is too stupid to learn keyboard shortcuts that'd save them time at work
People learned windows, it's what they know. Maybe we can train the next gen on Linux startig young, but unlikely given "we know windows tho" from parents
And yet those seem people often have no problem picking up and using a Chromebook.
As someone who loves Linux and has run it since the mid nineties, the average user doesn’t need Linux either. They just need something that works and is familiar and easy to use. As much as I hate to say it, my 70+ year old parents like windows, are comfortable with it and it just works for them. I value my and their time enough to not put them on Linux.
Making them learn linux at this point is counterproductive. I actually started teaching them Ubuntu a few years back. It worked for what they did then, but they’ve started branching out and need it to work easily for devices that only have Windows drivers and don’t work well under wine. I gave up and they’ve been happy ever since.
It’s important to realize that any OS is a tool, and using the right one for the job is always the best way to accomplish what needs to be done. I prefer Linux and MacOS, they prefer Windows.
At home I use me personal pc dor 95% gaming via gamepass
Fix that then we can talk
That's what Gamepass is for, keeping you on Microsofts playground. You aren't installing PC games, they essentially provide you with Xbox games and an "emulator" that runs them. It won't be fixed because it heards folks to Windows, as intended.
Leave it to the Linux community to start a discussion about Linux under a post that isn't at all related to Linux.
Not sure why you're getting shit on. Actually, I do know. Many people think everyone is as tech savvy as they are. It would blow many people's minds they could install an operating system. Their computer comes with it like their iPhone comes with iOS. A lot of people just can't figure things out for themselves. They can google it, but then will see a bunch of crazy commands to copy and paste. And there's a good chance that if they do ask for some help. People will tell them their dumb and should be able to figure things out on their own and that linux is too much for them.
Also, this is from a guy who can use Linux at an average level.
And always will as long as people like you keep it that way
Thank you. I can use Linux. I don’t want to. Plenty of people are still computer illiterate and people forget that. My father uses excel on windows every day for his job, but couldn’t use a mac because he just knows his Windows. He got confused that the taskbar disappeared lol. Linux would blow his mind. Yes, if you’re training someone on the new OS it’d be no different, but so many people only know certain windows programs.
Also, audio SUCKS on Linux (speaking from running PipeWire and ALAX and Pulse). Try explaining to someone how to fix that mess.
Yeap. I'm a sysadmin, I work in a linux shop, we provide a linux desktop to our users.
And I use windows both at home and on my work machine, for sheer quality of life. I don't have the time or energy to deal with the mediocre UX and gotchas of the linux desktop.
For actual computing tasks, I ssh into a linux box, from my nice comfy just-works windows environment. Between Windows Terminal, VcXsrv and SSHFS, I have all the integration I need for a seamless experience.
Use individual tools for what they're best at, and play to their strengths.
I've been playing with Mint on an old computer and I gotta say Linux is not as difficult as people think. All the programs I use work very well on Mint. When I eventually buy a new computer I'm gonna go completely Linux.
That's great!
I love Linux but people like you who won’t shut the fuck up about it make me hate it.
I can no longer admit that I use Linux in Public because of people like the person you replied to.
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Where’s the option for: “I don’t want to use edge because it shoves polls in my face”
Hmm, strange that none of the options is:
Microsoft is an evil company that tried to destroy the open World Wide Web. They abused their monopoly to drive Netscape out of business, and were convicted of doing that in court. Their famous "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" strategy broke standard HTML, broke Javascript, broke Java applets, and so-on. They also attempted to destroy Linux, spreading Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt to make people afraid to use it. The reason I don't use Edge isn't about Edge, but about Microsoft. Whenever I have a chance to avoid using a Microsoft product, I take it.
…and go straight into Google’s arms instead?
Microsoft is Evil. Google is ungood.
That's completely invalid if you're switching over to Google products, who had to remove their motto "don't be evil".
Yup. Chrome is the new Internet Explorer.
They should add a pop-up with a 'Why not Firefox?' question.
Is thirstily the right adverb? I thought that meant sexily
Thirsty works here. It means you really want it, not that anyone really wants you.
I imagine you just broke bernieecclestoned's heart after having been called thirsty and misinterpreting it for years
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