Microsoft almost got broken up as a company over simply BUNDLING a browser. Now they're actively hijacking other installs to put big warnings up and redirecting to theirs. It's absolutely bonkers this is allowed.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Is this a real screenshot or just an out of context meme? I've never seen this prompt when installing other browsers on any of my PCs running Windows 10 over the last 7+ years of it being out.

Edit: It seems to be real. That is craziness. I also realized that all my licenses are Professional or Enterprise (those only on my work-issued devices), so I'm assuming that's why I've never seen it. Like the other comment pointed out, they had their feet put to the fire over simply bundling Internet Explorer in the late 90s, yet nowadays they get away with this shit.

[–] Joeffect@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Depending on your security settings you do get the prompt for the windows app store thing when you install programs outside of it...

But yeah this looks fake

[–] Aremel@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

I can confirm it's not. I always get this warning whenever I do a fresh install of Windows 10 and try to install Chrome.

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