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Microsoft is Taking Desperate Steps to Stop You Using Internet Explorer

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday October 28 2020, @04:24AM   Printer-friendly
from the RIP-IE dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for c0lo:

Microsoft is taking desperate steps to stop you using Internet Explorer:

In the summer, Microsoft confirmed it would kill off defunct web browsers Internet Explorer and Edge Legacy, as plans for a phased termination are brought to a close.

However, a sizable pool of users have remained loyal to Internet Explorer, forcing Microsoft to take additional steps to incentivize switching to the new Chromium-based Edge.

Now, when an Internet Explorer user visits an incompatible site - of which there are currently more than 1,000 - the page will be launched automatically in Microsoft Edge, along with a message that reads: "This website doesn't work in Internet Explorer".

The roster of websites that do not support Internet Explorer is ever-expanding and currently includes popular services Twitter, Instagram, Google Drive, Yahoo Mail and more.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Arik on Wednesday October 28 2020, @04:56AM (3 children)

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday October 28 2020, @04:56AM (#1069740) Journal
    "Yeah, probably won't be a significant number of IE users"

    This might be where you are wrong.

    At this point in time, I'd bet you all I have on decent odds that a decent number of the remaining IE users will indeed think just that.

    Unfortunately, they'll go to chrome most often, and that's just and edge clone.
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  • (Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday October 28 2020, @04:57AM

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday October 28 2020, @04:57AM (#1069743) Journal
    what is it with that weak left middle finger, always wanting to flip the reader off as part of an 'an' an.
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  • (Score: 2) by PinkyGigglebrain on Wednesday October 28 2020, @07:13PM (1 child)

    by PinkyGigglebrain (4458) on Wednesday October 28 2020, @07:13PM (#1070034)

    This might be where you are wrong.

    Honestly I hope your right. It would improve my opinion of general users.

    And for my money even Chrome is better than anything from MS, if for no other reason than it's not from MS. I'd rather have two big Evil monsters fighting over the Internet than one Evil monster in control of the Internet.

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    • (Score: 2) by Arik on Wednesday October 28 2020, @11:10PM

      by Arik (4543) on Wednesday October 28 2020, @11:10PM (#1070144) Journal
      You know those two monsters have lunch together and choreograph their fights right?
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