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Google Chrome Warning Issued For All Windows Users (www.forbes.com)

submitted 9 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Mozilla has issued a warning about Microsoft's design practices, claiming that the company uses harmful design tactics to influence users to switch to its Edge browser.
The report highlights how Microsoft interrupts the installation process of Google Chrome on Windows devices, promoting the security and privacy benefits of Edge.
Mozilla calls for regulatory action to restore browser choice and competition across major platforms.

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[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 15 points 9 months ago

or if they're actually going to start practicing with a praise and try implementing that search engine selection screen.

You already can change the default search engine?

[-] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 1 points 9 months ago

You can, but that's not the point. The idea is to ask users to choose upon opening the app for the first time. It's an already common statistic that most people never actually change any settings beyond basic personalization. It's part of why Google spends so much money on setting Google Search as the default engine.

[-] odelik@lemmy.today 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I recently set up Firefox on my Windows PC and it asked me on the FTUE wizard what search engine I wanted to use as my default.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

That's a weak argument. If Microsoft bundled Edge with Windows and stopped at that, nobody would be complaining about it. The problem is how annoying it is at nagging users to try Edge.

Same with Firefox. If a user changed the search engine, only for Firefox to "forget" that choice one hour later, or if it had popups saying "Hey you have DDG as your search engine. Do you want try Google instead?" [ Yes ] [ Ask me again in an hour ]," then I for sure would have a fucking problem with that.

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