Microsoft is Interrupting Chrome and Firefox Installations To Promote Its Edge Browser in the Newest Windows 10 Build (betanews.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: If you open Edge and search for "Chrome" or "Firefox" using Bing, Edge's default search engine, you'll be presented with a massive banner informing you that "Microsoft Edge is the faster, safer browser on Windows 10 and is already installed on your PC." Four boxes below then show you how Edge lets you browse longer, and faster, offers built-in protection and built-in assistance. If that doesn't stop you, then Microsoft has a new, much nastier trick up its sleeve -- when you go to install Firefox or Chrome it intercepts the action and pops up a window promoting Edge with the same line about how its browser is faster and safer. It then gives you a blue button to click to open Edge, or a grey one you can click to install the browser you actually want to use. Oh, and this window will keep appearing, unless you go into Settings and stop Windows 10 from offering you app "recommendations."
UPDATE (9/15/18): "After massive backlash by users against this move, Microsoft has finally decided to eliminate the warning message," reports Neowin.

Further reading: Creator of Opera Says Google Deliberately Undermined His New Vivaldi Web Browser.

Comments

YOU are the problem.

[gavron]

*shrug* I install Chrome[cast] and FireFox and have never seen anything interrupting from Microsoft. But then, I use Linux... and don't use Microsoft. That's my choice.

This thing described above is only a problem for those who have chosen Microsoft or failed-to-choose-otherwise.

If you chose Microsoft, go look in the mirror -- that person there is the reason you're getting these messages.

If you want to blame Microsoft after YOU WENT AND CHOSE THEM and STUCK WITH THEM and now are MAKING EXCUSES FOR WHY YOU MUST STICK WITH THEM... you're the problem.

Enjoy.

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