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Microsoft Edge is trying to forcefully get your Chrome tabs again / Microsoft has a history of tricks to get you to use Edge, and the latest one targets Chrome users once again (www.theverge.com)

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Microsoft clearly isn’t bothered that it’s automatically starting up Edge on people’s PC and then trying to trick them into importing their Chrome data. That’s not too surprising though since Microsoft has been pulling tricks like this for more than four years now.

Microsoft’s behavior here makes many people distrust Edge, Windows 11, and even the company’s AI efforts.

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[-] ObsidianZed@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago

Funny because Microsoft also recently dropped support for Firefox for Xbox GamePass Cloud Gaming on Android. I say "dropped support" but really they stopped letting you use the purpose built app and are now forcing you to use browser but the only "supported" browsers are Chrome and Edge. Firefox works, but they forcefully disconnected me after 5 minutes so it's not a matter of compatibility. They just want that traffic going through Edge ideally but they do still support Chrome, for now.

[-] Passerby6497@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Try a user agent switcher, might be enough to make them fuck off and let you play.

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