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Thanks to PROCON for the ping!
Posted on 12/16/2021 1:40:27 PM PST by PROCON
When Patch Tuesday rolls around, we can usually expect a series of Windows problems to be fixed (and perhaps to see some new ones introduced), as well as new features added. But Microsoft also uses such updates to take things away -- and this is precisely what has happened with the latest updates for Windows 10 and 11.
Microsoft, quite understandably, would like everyone to use its Edge browser, and has taken endless steps to ensure that it stays the default browser on as many computers as possible. With the latest operating system updates -- specifically the KB5008212 and KB5008215 updates -- the company has implemented a block on workarounds used by the likes of EdgeDeflector and Firefox to force links to open in a browser other than Edge.
Browser developers have played something of a game of cat and mouse with Microsoft, finding ways to prevent Edge from hijacking links. In various places within Windows, Microsoft has used the microsoft-edge:// protocol to force links -- such as those in Windows 11 widgets -- to open in Edge.
(Excerpt) Read more at betanews.com ...
One should keep at least two browsers active and up to date on their machine. In case on goes wonky you can still access the net.
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Good point. Sometimes a website gets updated and your regular browser of choice suddenly doesn’t work with it. Always good to have a “backup browser”.
“My 2009 Win-7 Pro x64 just keeps going and going, and doing what I tell it to do.”
That’s me too. Win 7 from circa 2009
Unfortunately I put on Brave and Brave won’t upgrade without error. Brave overloads machine within a day or two and requires to be closed.
I put on Waterfox and that has a time bomb in it too. A couple of days and machine is dead meat.
Try Opera, which I’ve used since 2012. It had Speed Dial and other kewl features.
“Run Linux. Or can you manage a Hackintosh?”
Yep, time to dump that abuse as a CUSTOMER. That is YOURS not microsofts.
And you can bet Apple is right behind them with the same business model.
Yes they did. And at that time Microsoft wasn't playing the political game. I think it was Janet Reno that went after them. This is what happens when you don't suck up to the government. I think it finally went away after about 10 years and millions of wasted taxpayer dollars.
I bet. LOL!
“the company has implemented a block on workarounds used by the likes of EdgeDeflector and Firefox to force links to open in a browser other than Edge.”
Isn’t this the exact type of thing that brought an anti-trust suit against Microsoft in the 90s? Where’s the DoJ???
“I just don’t like being told I have to use it”
Exactly. Edge was horrible when it debuted; it might be great now but I’ll never know because I won’t use it on principle. Try to force something on me with coercion or trickery and I’ll never use it.
The Brave Browser is faster than greased lightning. But on my iphone I can’t use it for reading FR because the font is too small to read and it won’t enlarge. It works ok for other sites.
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Thanks to PROCON for the ping!
But they still have not fixed printing. This shows what they value.
Interestingly, I use it as my default browser in Windows 10 Professional 21H2. At least the streaming sites I use actually work reasonably well.
Brave browser, DuckDuckGo as the search engine (Firefox as #2 browser). No Edge, No Chrome, No forced utilization of MS products, no Joogle.
Once upon a time long ago IE was a good browser, at least sites *looked* good in it.
Does WUB do more than just turn off the Windows Update service? Cause that’s easily done just from the PC management dialog (unless of course Microshaft has something that keeps turning it back on or something).
PC management dialog is cumbersome and requires many manual steps. I used to use that method, and was getting unpredictable results many times. WUB is so ridiculously easy to use, just 1 click operation, and has never failed for me to do what I wanted to happen.
that is exactly what triggered the 2000 nasdaq crash ... I remember the day ...
Edge is rather like Internet Explorer — about 3 generations behind in development.
I find Vivaldi (based on Opera) to be my preferred browser. I also use Firefox ESR and Seamonkey. Only occasionally do I use Edge in Win10.
MS tried similar a couple of decades ago by pushing IE on everyone — until the EU sued them and banned Windows-requiring-IE.
OK. Doesn’t seem hard to me, I’m in there fairly often recycling the VPN service etc., but each to his own.
Well they can either compete with an open market mentality and make their dog food the one you WANT to eat, or they can (attempt to) force you to eat it. Apparently they think Option 2 is easier.
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