According to the techie's comments at the end of the article there are workarounds.
The latest update told me that I need to update to the edge browser by tomorrow.
Any advice?
Windows Pingy
Run Linux. Or can you manage a Hackintosh?
I have Win10 but use the Brave browser, I like this browser, it’s perfect for a non-techie like myself.
According to the techie’s comments at the end of the article there are workarounds.
The latest update told me that I need to update to the edge browser by tomorrow.
Any advice?
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For whatever reason, the Windows OS might want the Edge browser updated, but that should not preclude you from using the Brave browser. Brave is just another application loaded on your computer. So you should be able to run it as your browser of choice , or Edge, or both apps if you wish.
Get the app WUB.exe which can stops auto-updates and start auto-updates when you want them.
For one thing, auto-updates slow down the PC. When automatic updates are stopped, computer resources are not used to check updates, download them and install them. I do my updates when I want them done, not constant communication with microsoft.
That sounds like something begging for an anti-trust lawsuit to be filed.
I have Duckduckgo as my extension to Scroogle. That’s probably I wont update.
Every time my Win10 updates I use CC cleaner to uninstall Edge. Then I scan, with CC Cleaner, the Registry and remove any Edge lines that come up. No issues.
Didn’t windows already get sued for this once before in the 90s, trying to prevent netscape from being used?
I use Firefox and all links I click on open in Firefox.
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My 2009 Win-7 Pro x64 just keeps going and going, and doing what I tell it to do.
I use Brave as well. It’s fast and simple also I use “duck duck go” as the search engine. I do find political crap that can’t when I search on Google or other search engines
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???
But they still have not fixed printing. This shows what they value.
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.
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.