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Microsoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chrome (www.theverge.com)
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[–] Towelieyee@lemm.ee 152 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Friendly reminder that winget comes preinstalled on Windows 11 now.
winget install Mozilla.Firefox
You can install Firefox without even opening Edge!

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 44 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] 520@kbin.social 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not exactly "stole"; the author was fine about the code being used in this way. What they were upset about is the lack of attribution and communication.

[–] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't this what licenses are for?

[–] 520@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

The license was Apache 2.0, and there was a tiny bit of attribution...just enough to cover the license requirements.

[–] xx3rawr@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On Windows 10 too. I always just download from the website or store but I recently experienced the pretty fun of updating my apps over CLI for some reason

[–] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Do you need an MS account?

[–] Acters@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Which is something you will need to do to not accept their privacy invasive terms and conditions that you have to accept before using the bloated data harvesting browser.