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Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
When you try to install the Firefox pr Chrome web browser on a recent Windows 10 version 1809 Insider build, you may notice that the installation gets interrupted by the operating system.
The intermediary screen that interrupts the installation states that Edge is installed on the device and that it is safer and faster than the browser that the user was about to install on the device.
Options provided are to open Microsoft Edge or install the other browser anyway. There is also an option to disable the warning type in the future but that leads to the Apps listing of the Settings application and no option to do anything about that.
[...] Companies like Google or Microsoft have used their market position in the past to push their own products. Google pushes Chrome on all of its properties when users use different browsers to connect to them, and Microsoft too displayed notifications on the Windows 10 platform to users who used other browsers that Edge was more secure or power friendly.
The intercepting of installers on Windows is a new low, however. A user who initiates the installation of a browser does so on purpose. The prompt that Microsoft displays claims that Edge is safer and faster, and it puts the Open Microsoft Edge button on focus and not the "install anyway" button.
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(Score: 1, Disagree) by DannyB on Thursday September 13 2018, @04:43PM (3 children)
The job of the US DoJ is to punish companies for breaking the law and hurting consumers.
The job of the EU is to punish companies for being successful while other companies wish they were as successful but are in the wrong business to be that successful.
A ban on nuclear weapons could be enforced by the threat of use of a stockpile of banned nuclear weapons.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Thursday September 13 2018, @05:46PM (1 child)
The job of the US DoJ is to punish companies for breaking the law and hurting consumers.
Which they did when they convicted MS of anti-competitive practices.
Of course, GW Bush came along and let them off scott free.
It appears they learned their lesson perfectly well.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 14 2018, @04:20AM
Yeah, check their lobbying and political contributions now, especially compared to before the monopoly suit. They definitely learned their lesson, at least the ones the politicians and bureaucrats wanted them to learn.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 13 2018, @07:09PM
YEEEAAAAAAAH! 'MURICA!!!!!!!
/sarcasm