If you don’t use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.
They are not wrong.
To mend your machine:
- Ditch Windows
- Install Plasma
- Your computer is ready.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I hope this can get out there, 'cause I feel like on here, you’re pretty much preaching to the choir. :)
- “Repair” computer.
- Use MS Edge for the first time.
- Use bing.com for the first time.
- Search for “best Linux distro for gaming”.
- Ditch Windows.
Apple had to learn the hard way: Under the DMA (thanks @EUCommission !) they were forced to give users a choice regarding the default search engine and browser on their systems.
What are we going to do about Microsoft misleading users?
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1689
Is the browser selection on Windows no longer required in EU?
It is still required, as Google had to do the same with Android, offering multiple search engines and presenting them to the user (at least that happened to me with my phone), but after doing it in Windows 8.1, Microsoft probably thought that it was enough compliance to keep “those nagging EU politicians” away.
I just found out that the agreement between Microsoft and the EU commission was only valid between 2009 and 2014. So MS is no longer obliged to make the change of the default browser easy.
What a shame, as now it would be more needed than ever :c
But thank you for correcting me.
@[email protected] @[email protected]
I love KDE so much. If I didn’t rely on certain creative software for work, I’d ditch macOS in an instant.
And I think that’s one of the reasons people just aren’t able to switch over from Windows.But hey, every other computer in the house that isn’t a Mac runs Fedora KDE. 😃
I feel the same about KDE and Windows. I only keep Windows for some music production stuff and legacy .NET application maintenance. The rest of the time I avoid it and use Linux and KDE, a far more pleasant experience.
@[email protected] @[email protected] I am already running KDE on my desktop and GNOME on my laptop with Fedora. Maybe when I will have tome, I will package KDE for #MatuushOS.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Do not fear the learning curve, for it is shallower now than a year ago.
It doesn’t say anything about repairing, this is such a low class clickbait.
All it says is that the default settings are changed, and they recommend resetting to their service. Because of course a company is going to recommend their own services. Would be a bad company if they didn’t.
This is the actual picture they used in the article:
It doesn’t say anything about repairing, this is such a low class clickbait.
It is literally under the “Repair tips” tab.
Useful red circle
A repair tip
A tip for if things went wrong, like if some virus installed a weird browser and set it default, and you want a quick fix.
It isn’t saying that if you installed any other browser the system is broken and it should be repaired to Edge. That is just ridiculous and why I call this clickbait.
It is aimed at people who don’t even know what a default browser is. You know, the average user.
You are working with hypotheticals. We cannot judge what the reasoning is. We can only judge what it is. It may have been done with good intentions as you say. Given MS’s track record, highly unlikely, but either way the fact is MS is telling its Windows users that anything that is not Edge and Bing is damaged or malicious. That is anticompetitive bullshit (intentional or not) and FUD.
Hey come on. You sound far too reasonable.
Don’t you know this is the KDE community where we
discuss topics about KDEhate on Windows.
If you look at the screenshot, you can see this is the “Repair tips” tab/button. I don’t know what it looks like, but it does say something about repairing.
The next step will be for Windows to tell you that you are broken if you chose another browser.
If you aren’t using Bing on Edge, then I’m sorry to say you are streets behind my friend.
Coined and minted!
@[email protected] @[email protected] I’d like to use Plasma, but the last time I tried it, it didn’t run very well on my PC.
Compared to Windows? Because then it’s probably not plasma but the underlying distribution.
@qaz @shanesemler I can vouch this. The way Garuda used Plasma for a while lagged the heck out of my desktop. They switched it up a few versions ago and runs like butter now.
@qaz No. I use XFCE. I tried Plasma not even a year ago. Moving windows around made the low frame rate obvious.
You also could try Linux Mint cinnamon
This is actually of frustrating
I don’t even use Edge and I’m upset
Damn, if anyone ever uses Edge, this might be an issue.
Gotta love it when edge users try to tell me “It’s not that bad” and “It’s based on chrome now”.
Those aren’t exactly selling points…
@[email protected] @[email protected] I have fixed three laptops this way. Can confirm. 👍
Fuck Plasma!
Message courtesy of the XFCE gang
Backed by the GNOME possee
@[email protected] @[email protected] I’ve been using Plasma 6 as my daily driver for three weeks now, and it’s really good! I’m grateful for all the time that developers, testers, and doc writers have spent on this project. I decided to ditch Windows after getting yet another nudge to “please create a microsoft account”.