Beware these hidden settings if you use Google Chrome on a Windows PC…
Mozilla has issued a warning about Microsoft's design practices, claiming that the company uses harmful design tactics to influence users to switch to its Edge browser.
The report highlights how Microsoft interrupts the installation process of Google Chrome on Windows devices, promoting the security and privacy benefits of Edge.
Mozilla calls for regulatory action to restore browser choice and competition across major platforms.
The clickbait in this article is so bad, I thought it was a security vulnerability or something, but it's just something else related to Mozilla again.
I'm still genuinely curious if Mozilla is going to actually accept a renewal for the search deal with Google, or if they're actually going to start practicing with a praise and try implementing that search engine selection screen.
You can, but that's not the point. The idea is to ask users to choose upon opening the app for the first time. It's an already common statistic that most people never actually change any settings beyond basic personalization. It's part of why Google spends so much money on setting Google Search as the default engine.
That's a weak argument. If Microsoft bundled Edge with Windows and stopped at that, nobody would be complaining about it. The problem is how annoying it is at nagging users to try Edge.
Same with Firefox. If a user changed the search engine, only for Firefox to "forget" that choice one hour later, or if it had popups saying "Hey you have DDG as your search engine. Do you want try Google instead?" [ Yes ] [ Ask me again in an hour ]," then I for sure would have a fucking problem with that.