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Microsoft Edge Pushes an "All in One Browser" Message on Chrome’s Download Page (windowsreport.com)

submitted 2 months ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Microsoft is trying a new way to stop users from downloading Google Chrome. If you open the Chrome download page in Microsoft Edge, you may see a new banner at the top. This version looks different from the usual prompts that ask users to stay with Edge.

I'm curious, what if I download Firefox from Edge? 🤔

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 166 points 2 months ago (2 children)

[–] Bluefruit@lemmy.world 28 points 2 months ago

Lmao that gave me a really good laugh. Its so real man, they just need your data so badly.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 18 points 2 months ago

The "say no later" button is missing

[–] wioum@lemmy.world 81 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Just a reminder that you dont need to touch Edge to download a browser on w11.

With cmd:

Librewolf: winget install -e --id LibreWolf.LibreWolf

Firefox: winget install -e --id Mozilla.Firefox

[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But why touch win11 in the first place??

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 62 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not everyone is as far along in their journey to freedom.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Also some of us are stuck with necessary stupid software that has no Linux releases and doesn't run in proton/wine yet.

[–] whatsgoingdom@rollenspiel.forum 7 points 2 months ago

I've had great success with winboat for a lot of software including m365.

[–] DigDoug@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

It's been years since I've used Windows at home, but I still have a Firefox installer exe hanging around on my server on the offchance I ever need to use it again. Thanks for showing me it's no longer necessary.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Did winget replace chocolatey?

[–] Codilingus@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not replace, but it's an official alternative from M$.

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[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

winget ships with Windows by default, so it is a particularly good option for folks who don't want to modify their Windows computer much, or have limited permissions.

I understand that Winget is based on chocolatey to some degree.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess it's cool that Windows finally has an official package manager.

[–] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It is very little, very late.

But it was a huge quality of life relief to me, when I still had a Windows install to deal with.

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[–] JTskulk@lemmy.world 54 points 2 months ago

Literally malware tactics from the year 2000.

[–] nil@piefed.ca 52 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I had chances to peek into some of my friends' laptop and was surprised how many of them are using Edge. MS's strategy looks pretty stupid, but it's actually working.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 58 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I see no reason to use chrome over edge. I’m a Firefox guy these days, but if I have to use a chromium browser, I’m using edge.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Why not just plain chromium?

[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 21 points 2 months ago

Well, assuming that you are on windows, it's a whole extra step.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

Same shit, different color logo.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Edge is already installed for the half dozen times a year I need to specifically use a chromium-based browser.

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Might I suggest vivaldi

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

shrug any major benefits of google branded chromium over microsoft branded chromium are a moot point to me since google curb stomped fully functional adblocking extensions.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 months ago (3 children)

People have always defaulted to the... default.

Whether that is safari on a mac or internet explorer, and now edge, on windows. And if you are already going to deal with chromium's bullshit... edge is perfectly fine.

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I prefer Edge over Chrome, and if I had to choose one, Edge is definitely better. But gladly I don't have to choose one and never will. Been with Vivaldi for years after switching off FF.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Could you tell me what you like about Vivaldi over Firefox? Or what advantages it has? Genuinely curious.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago

I'm not the person you were replying to, but I enjoy Vivaldi's tab grouping and window splitting features, specifically. The fact that they haven't been actively trying to shove AI down my throat is also a plus.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There's just a lot of thought put in for the user. Excellent UI and productivity features, so much customisability. It's super fast and light. Then there's built in blockers, VPN, all the usual. To top it all off, it's made by a small group of Norwegians that hate corporate control and love an open and free internet. They even have their own fediverse instances.

After I had spent an hour going down the rabbit hole of tweaking every UI element so the browser was now my browser, I was hooked. I still have to use Firefox at work, but I now find it intrusive, sluggish, and crude. I also hate having to restart it for updates lol.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I country with a working legislative would prevent a market leader from attempting to prevent consumers from exercising their freedom to choose. Oh well.

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[–] wuffah@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

They DESPERATELY want you to use Edge because they DESPERATELY want to watch what websites you visit, for how long, and what you click on. They want to know EVERYTHING about you:

What you buy, what you masturbate to, what you like and don’t like, how you vote, what you watch, what music you like, the clothes you wear, what you children are like, what movies you watch, who you know… THEY WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU SO THEY CAN USE IT AGAINST YOU: ADS. PROPAGANDA. VOTES. CONTROL.

WE ARE BEING FARMED

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

They can do a lot of that now with Recall even if you use Chrome.

They also want you to use their browser because they want to direct you to bing/copilot and get ad revenue from all of your clicks.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Always have been... but Google is just as bad, so installing Chrome isn't going to help you there. Honestly, even FF or anything else on Windows wont even get you out of that fate. They've proven they take screen shots, likely log keypresses, etc.

This isn't new or even newsworthy anymore. Being okay with these sorts of things is like, literally part of EULA's and such for decades. And people willingly give up privacy in trade for whatever service or product they're choosing.

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[–] bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 18 points 2 months ago (4 children)

How long before windows is literally an edge browser with permanent copilot ?

I give it a year.

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So ChromeOS?

[–] eatCasserole@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Your computer won't even be a computer, just a display with an Internet connection to a data centre.

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Microsoft could even push its AI summaries as a RAM-friendly version of visiting website pages.

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[–] recentSlinky@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Didn't they get sued multiple times for pulling shit like this before?

[–] JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Regulators were less friendly back then

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

sure, when Microsoft manages to modify their competitors website it's "marketing", but when I do it it's a crime and I go to prison.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why can't they stop users from downloading Chrome by suggesting Firefox 😔

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[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

When are they going to stop with these childish attempts?

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 14 points 2 months ago

When it stops working.

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