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Microsoft is using malware-like pop-ups in Win11 to get people to ditch Chrome (www.theverge.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

“We are aware of these reports and have paused this notification while we investigate and take appropriate action to address this unintended behavior,” says Caitlin Roulston, director of communications, in a statement to The Verge.

I wasn’t alone in thinking it was malware, with posts dating back three months showing Reddit users trying to figure out why they were seeing the pop-up.

Microsoft even had to backtrack on plans to force the Chrome default search to Bing for businesses installing its Office apps.

After all, Google runs similar notifications on its webpages to get people to use Chrome or it’s annoying YouTube premium spam.

That could be in the form of the price of a laptop that has a Windows OEM license baked in, or a product key if you built your own PC.

Windows is an important productivity tool for many people, and shouldn’t be treated like a cheap streaming box loaded with ads.

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