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Current-era Microsoft continuing to push the boundaries of consent.

Microsoft Edge is a good browser but for some reason Microsoft keeps trying to shove it down everyone’s throat and make it more difficult to use rivals like Chrome or Firefox. Microsoft has now started notifying IT admins that it will force Outlook and Teams to ignore the default web browser on Windows and open links in Microsoft Edge instead.

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[-] Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[-] SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago
[-] normonator@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

So where's the group policy to turn this shit off?

Maybe some people will just give up on outlook finally and use a good email client or the webapp, neither of which will do this shit.

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[-] comedy@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Why are they so unbelievably desperate to force people to use Edge?

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[-] heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

I am wondering what happens if you don't have Edge installed

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I don't know if you can even remove it. Isn't it just the shortcut that you can remove?
I could be wrong.

[-] scutiger@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's possible to uninstall it (and many other things like Cortana) through the AppX package manager built into Windows 10, but most people wouldn't know how to do that. There's no option on the apps management panel to uninstall it.

I don't know if it's still the case with Windows 11, but I would assume it's still possible.

[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That was the case with IE so ime sure Edge is the same. Windows specifically uses only Edge for its OS browser needs "for updates"

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[-] andrewtate@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago
[-] tdgoodman@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

As much as I love Thunderbird, I do not want to retrain Outlook users. I just want Microsoft to use my chosen browser.

[-] N00b22@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

More like Asshole Design

[-] b3an@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What keeps me from moving to Firefox is the Translation option. Edge and Chrome are so good at quickly making the page available to read in my language. Firefox is not so good at this and requires adding which don’t seem to deliver the same functionality. At least from what I have found. So if someone has tips there, please share.

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