People forget the times before Chrome existed where google would sneak in the google-toolbar adware in internet explorer wherever they could (by paying everyone to default include it in other applications installers, among other sketchy avenues). It is amazing that they could uphold the image as the good guys at the time.
And apple sneaking in applications on windows when updating quicktime (if I remember correctly).
They all suck.
But it is even worse to do this on their own desktop operating system. It is another level of insanity that I just don't accept. And it's not like one can throw some money at the problem either, they are just ruining their platform.
I hated the sneaky QuickTime on Windows so much that I avoided it like the plague when I finally got a Mac, even though it's the default player for most of its users.
VLC is better anyway, especially on older, slower Macs. I started using it over QT because by default it dropped frames instead of slowing playback to wait for the processor to catch up (like QT does/did).
I have another take on this. While I normally would agree with those sentiments, I usually don’t mind suggestions when I agree with them. I think Edge is objectively a better choice for most users than Chrome. Better privacy, built for Windows by the folks that build Windows, with all the advantages in power and efficiencies that come with being the only native browser. They’re just getting started but it’s always going to be first class on Windows. Given it also has the underpinnings of the browser with 70% market share, it really has it all. Microsoft in this case, is truly doing their users a service. All this said by a Firefox diehard.
Suggestions I don't mind, but this is not suggestions, it is ads.
More like the telemarketer calling you at the most inappropriate times or pestering your grandparents to trick them into something they don't want nor need.
There is no silver lining to this. It is despicable behavior that should not be rewarded.
This behaviour doesn't become ethical just because you agree with what they are pushing for. What they're doing is wrong, even if their end goal isn't a state which is in and of itself wrong.
I don't really view that sort of thing as ethical or unethical. Of all the evils in the world... I wouldn't even call that an evil at all, not even on the list.
I genuinely agree and believe that Edge is in the best interests of Windows users, and while less so because it's non-native, also users on most platforms that they support. When they say, "the internet is better with Edge", it's actually true this time.
People forget the times before Chrome existed where google would sneak in the google-toolbar adware in internet explorer wherever they could (by paying everyone to default include it in other applications installers, among other sketchy avenues). It is amazing that they could uphold the image as the good guys at the time.
And apple sneaking in applications on windows when updating quicktime (if I remember correctly).
They all suck.
But it is even worse to do this on their own desktop operating system. It is another level of insanity that I just don't accept. And it's not like one can throw some money at the problem either, they are just ruining their platform.