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Microsoft thinks this is okay because Google did the same thing with Chrome on the Google start page. I remember a coworker asking me what Chrome is, because "
by progfix 3y ago
Microsoft thinks this is okay because Google did the same thing with Chrome on the Google start page.
I remember a coworker asking me what Chrome is, because "his computer" keeps telling him to install it.
- warning26 3y agoNot to fully excuse Google's behavior, but baking that behavior into an operating system seems far worse than putting nags on a website. Google's prompts weren't that different than those "Get Firefox!" badges people used to put up in the 2000s.
- ruune 3y agoIt's not illegal to promote something. What's illegal is overtaking a new market by pushing your stuff via already established monopolies in entirely different markets (at least under EU-law). Which is why Microsoft is taking action (and google stopped pushing their browser via their search engine)