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@const_void@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish • 2 years ago

Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing

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Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing

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The Verge's Tom Warren was one of those who feared his PC had been infected when a pop-up appeared asking him to switch his default search engine...
  • Jordan Lund
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    Outlook the other day insisted it was better opening links in Edge instead of my default browser… Yeah, I shut THAT down…

    • @ridago@programming.dev
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      Tbf, they did recently (I think) implement a feature where Edge would open with the email in a sidebar when opening links from outlook. So at least there’s some point to it… if that’s a feature anyone actually wants…

    • @alehel@beehaw.org
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      I encountered this at work today. I just assumed I couldn’t turn it off. Will def be looking for that setting tomorrow.

      • Jordan Lund
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        2•2 years ago

        https://www.liontreegroup.com/tips-and-tricks/how-to-fix-outlook-links-opening-in-edge-vs-chrome/

    • @daYMAN007@feddit.de
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      Outlook devs also doesn’t know how the internet works. After all they use word as there email renderimg engine

    • @sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      I don’t think I have ever seen that, but that could be because I only use Outlook on my work computer, which runs macOS. It looks like Edge works on macOS, but they don’t seem to be pushing it.

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