• Sigmatics@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Use an ad-filled browser controlled by a megacorp, with an engine built by another megacorp?

    Hmmm, I dunno

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      1 year ago

      Even better. After you’ve explicitly triggered the default change MS is like “have you tried the all new megacorp spyware? It’s not actually new, but identical to the spyware we already installed and absolutely nothing has changed in the last 10 seconds since you made the decision, but we figured we’d throw another churn barrier at you because fuck you; we own your OS. You’re our product now bitch, and that’s all you’ll ever be”

      • SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        …that they ask you to actually pay for the privilege. Because remember, windows isn’t actually free (and you pay for it if you buy a pre-built).

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          I feel it’s important to point out that you can simply not activate Windows and use it indefinitely

          Does make you wonder though where Microsoft is getting that money from

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            Corporate Users. My guess is, that almost any office job where you work on a Computer has Windows as OS. You have a license for your job. The license for home usage is bonus money to Microsoft.

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      Well, on the other hand, said megacorp finances the only other engine (Gecko, Blink being a fork of Apples Webkit), so they don’t have to bother with monopoly restrictions.

      Current web is broken.

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        I think they’re referring to the fact that Edge runs on the Chromium engine which, as the name implies, is a Google product.