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If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing. (cdn.masto.host)
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If you don't use Bing with Edge, Microsoft will tell you your computer needs repairing.

https://www.tomsguide.com/computing/windows-operating-systems/microsoft-now-says-your-pc-is-in-need-of-repair-if-youre-not-using-bing-with-edge

They are not wrong.

To mend your machine:

  1. Ditch Windows
  2. Install Plasma
  3. Your computer is ready.

https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/

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[-] enigma@norden.social 69 points 1 month ago

@kde@floss.social
I remember decades ago when a US court convicted Microsoft to seperate their browser from windows. The court wrote the verdict that Microsoft ilegally tried to prevent competion . Since Microsoft lost it shouldn't be difficult to file the next suit .
@kde@lemmy.kde.social

[-] Bro666@social.tchncs.de 45 points 1 month ago

@enigma @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social

During the Clinton era Microsoft was a hair's breadth away from being broken apart for all its anti-competitive monopolistic shenanigans -- including the browser war thing that you mention.

But then Bush Junior got into power (I resist using the words "was elected") and he swept all that away.

[-] johnlogic@sfba.social 30 points 1 month ago

@enigma @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social

As I recall:
Microsoft Windows used to have good online help, circa 1991-1994 (Windows 3.1).
It was based on the Rich Text Format (RTF).
Then Microsoft added a web browser, and called it Internet Explorer.
Internet Explorer really wasn't very good for exploring the internet, apparently because its development had been rushed and it didn't display some things like other browsers would.
Then Microsoft argued in court that its web browser was an integral part of Windows, which Windows could not work without.
Then the judge removed the web browser from his own Windows-based computer and experienced no problems.
Then Microsoft changed its online help to HTML and made us use its web browser to access it.

[-] kde@floss.social 19 points 1 month ago

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

Apple had to learn the hard way: Under the DMA (thanks @EUCommission !) they were forced to give users a choice regarding the default search engine and browser on their systems.

What are we going to do about Microsoft misleading users?

https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_1689

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 5 points 1 month ago

Is the browser selection on Windows no longer required in EU?

[-] knolord@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

It is still required, as Google had to do the same with Android, offering multiple search engines and presenting them to the user (at least that happened to me with my phone), but after doing it in Windows 8.1, Microsoft probably thought that it was enough compliance to keep "those nagging EU politicians" away.

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I just found out that the agreement between Microsoft and the EU commission was only valid between 2009 and 2014. So MS is no longer obliged to make the change of the default browser easy.

[-] knolord@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

What a shame, as now it would be more needed than ever :c

But thank you for correcting me.

[-] dancingtreefrog@mastodon.social 13 points 1 month ago

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Well, I ditched Windows many, many, many years ago, but Plasma still doesn't make any sense to me, so I use XFCE. But thank you for Plasma!

[-] FiniteBanjo 12 points 1 month ago

Alright but what does that have to do with an image of the reddit servers?

[-] Zacryon@lemmy.wtf 5 points 1 month ago

I assume because they run on windows.

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[-] woltiv@mastodon.social 11 points 1 month ago

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I've been using Plasma 6 as my daily driver for three weeks now, and it's really good! I'm grateful for all the time that developers, testers, and doc writers have spent on this project. I decided to ditch Windows after getting yet another nudge to "please create a microsoft account".

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

This is actually pretty frustrating

I don't even use Edge and I'm upset

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[-] turtlepower@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago
  1. Ditch Windows
  2. Install Plasma
  3. Your computer is ready.

Oh, hey, I already did that! I'll have you know that once I did, my computer was no longer broken and my life changed— Colors became more vivid. Birdsong sounds sweeter. Food tastes better. My wife got even hotter. And I even discovered the secret to nuclear fusion!

Joking aside, ever since switching to Linux, my machine had never run better.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I have rescued several laptops that were struggling with Windows by installing Linux, and KDE Plasma is excellent these days. My 7 year old Dell XPS, which had become unusably slow and hot under Windows 11 despite repastes and cleaning, runs OpenSUSE Tumbleweed like it's a new machine.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Dark pattern and antitrust legislation doesn't mean anything if it's not enforced.

[-] Opisek@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

What is wrong with all those kde links in the comments? Are y'all bots?! Hella annoying.

[-] rtxn@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

They probably either use a different client, or a different federated service, that lets them mark multiple participants in each post of the thread.

[-] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 21 points 1 month ago

I think they may be using mastodon and that's how you post in a lemmy community via mastodon, using the @ tags.

[-] omgarm@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

Federation is taking some getting used to I guess.

[-] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

Mastodon users need to mention the user and the community name in order to make or reply to Lemmy comments.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 month ago

The next step will be for Windows to tell you that you are broken if you chose another browser.

[-] heind@mastodon.social 7 points 1 month ago

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
I love KDE so much. If I didn't rely on certain creative software for work, I'd ditch macOS in an instant.
And I think that's one of the reasons people just aren't able to switch over from Windows.

But hey, every other computer in the house that isn't a Mac runs Fedora KDE. 😃

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I feel the same about KDE and Windows. I only keep Windows for some music production stuff and legacy .NET application maintenance. The rest of the time I avoid it and use Linux and KDE, a far more pleasant experience.

[-] inaction_figure@fosstodon.org 6 points 1 month ago

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I have fixed three laptops this way. Can confirm. 👍

[-] vosje62@mastodon.nl 6 points 1 month ago

@kde@floss.social on my latest laptop I didn't even activate Windows. I just plugged in a USB stick with a KDE distro.
Who needs Windows?

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

[-] ano_ba_to@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago
  1. "Repair" computer.
  2. Use MS Edge for the first time.
  3. Use bing.com for the first time.
  4. Search for "best Linux distro for gaming".
  5. Ditch Windows.
[-] baggins@beehaw.org 5 points 1 month ago

So repair it.

With Linux!

[-] byteduck@fosstodon.org 5 points 1 month ago

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I hope this can get out there, 'cause I feel like on here, you're pretty much preaching to the choir. :)

[-] ThatGuyMatus@fosstodon.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social I am already running KDE on my desktop and GNOME on my laptop with Fedora. Maybe when I will have time, I will package KDE for #MatuushOS.

[-] Lexam@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

If you aren't using Bing on Edge, then I'm sorry to say you are streets behind my friend.

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[-] pjwestin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Damn, if anyone ever uses Edge, this might be an issue.

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[-] decapitae@mastodon.social 2 points 1 month ago

@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Do not fear the learning curve, for it is shallower now than a year ago.

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