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I always wondered what it was. thanks. I still don't know. but I'm keeping it off.
I hate Microsoft. Fuck them.
I recently purchased a new laptop with windows 11. My default browser is chrome. What disturbs me most, is the fact that edge records all my chrome browsing history on its platform.
Thanks for the heads up. I think I'll pass...as per your rec.
Ever tried uninstalling Edge? It is nearly impossible. Windows is infected by Edge background services that cannot easily be removed. Folders have to be force deleted, register hacked, etc. No mortal could do it on their own.
The Outlook behavior can be turned off in Settings > Advanced > File and browser preferences > "Open hyperlinks from Outlook in: [Default Browser]"
This is absurd. We (more technical users) probably know why they're doing this - for the vast majority of (non-technical) users, defaults stick. However, I can't understand that they prevent even technical people from changing the default browser on their OS. I'm one of the lucky few that uses Linux at work (non-technical role), but I do need to run a VM for some cases and every other time I launch it, I'm amazed to see how defaults aren't respected and how my privacy/advertising settings have been miraculously changed to Microsoft's benefit. I can't help but feel like I'm being held down and having Edge forced down my throat.
I'd take the 'destructive changes to Windows' route, with caveat emptor.
I had to cripple Windows Defender by booting from an external USB, and replacing its installation folder with a file of the same name. (Once it managed to reinstall itself, but mostly this is quite reliable.)
Windows Update was harder to cripple; there are various scheduled tasks that need to be killed off; I never mananged to get rid of all of them; it kept rearing its ugly head; in the end I gave up.
Would be nice to use Linux, but there are no graphics drivers for AMD Radeon R7 M460 that work on Ubuntu, which makes web browsing a painful experience, and totally rules out watching any video.
Really useful article, I must admit I was not aware of RFC 8375 until now. Once I setup a LAN using '.group. as the TLD, before that was a valid TLD. Years later someone registered the domain name with that TLD and things got weird!
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