This shit is absolutely atrocious and shows how far we've fallen.
Microsoft almost got broken up as a company over simply BUNDLING a browser. Now they're actively hijacking other installs to put big warnings up and redirecting to theirs. It's absolutely bonkers this is allowed.
Is this a real screenshot or just an out of context meme? I've never seen this prompt when installing other browsers on any of my PCs running Windows 10 over the last 7+ years of it being out.
Depending on your security settings you do get the prompt for the windows app store thing when you install programs outside of it...
But yeah this looks fake
I can confirm it's not. I always get this warning whenever I do a fresh install of Windows 10 and try to install Chrome.
Yes I've seen it before. Once Microsoft even updated their virus definitions to auto-delete the chrome installer when downloaded. Thankfully they reversed that one pretty quickly, but I had to completely disable all Windows virus protection to install chrome for a relative.
Ive given Edge a shot before and it was pretty decent. Sucks for M$ this is how they behave when people don't chose them.
When they first went to chromium it was decent. Then every update since they add more bloatware and popups saying to add their tracker so you can get discounts and shit.
Uninstalled windows and swapped to Firefox. Now I don't deal with any of that
the chad "sudo apt install firefox" vs the virgin "noo dont install a different browser,use edge"
Microsoft.
MICROSOFT.
NOBODY IS GOING TO LISTEN TO YOUR "HEY MAYBE THIS IS A VIRUS" WARNING IF YOU HAVE TO CLICK THROUGH IT TO INSTALL CHROME.
