Microsoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chrome
Microsoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chrome
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I prefer to leave edge never clicked by using winget. It comes default on Win 11 (Most likely new install, not an advertisement for that dumpster fire). For windows 10 you can use the Microsoft Store to install AppInstaller which will get you winget. Winget is a MS product.
I mainly like doing this because Edge does a bunch of setup when clicked for the first time. This avoids all that.
winget install --id=Google.Chrome -eOr you can ever do slightly prevent the backslide in marketshare for Firefox.
winget install --id=Mozilla.Firefox -eJust run powershell or windows terminal and use those commands and you can leave edge where it belongs.
More info here. https://winstall.app/apps/Mozilla.Firefox https://phoenixnap.com/kb/install-winget
Winget is pretty cool, but I'm not sure how it works exactly. The package sourcing, like anything Microsoft does is a bit sus and I'm worried it's crowdsourced.
It's great for passively checking for new versions of most software you got installed, won't argue with that.
It's like a more curated AUR. Winget looks up the manifest (
PKGBUILDequivalent) from its repo and executes its instructions. It usually downloads an installer, then executes it silently. The binaries may or may not be validated by Winget, and are mostly blobs, so exercise as much caution as with the AUR.Could also use scoop, but people get a little nervous running random powershell scripts off the internet. I have no fear of it. Scoop is also excellent for people with a little more tech savvy.
Since I hardly use the ms store, you can get rid of it:
winget source delete msstoreand then just runwinget install chromeorwinget install firefox