Windows 10 insider build 17744, which will be available in next month to the public as Windows 10 2018 October update has warned a user when he tries to install Firefox browser to open and use Microsoft Edge. We know Windows 10 nudges to use Edge as the default browser, but this is definitely different. A user shared about this on Twitter, here is what the dialog informed the user.
” You already have Microsoft Edge -the safer faster browser for Windows 10″ and offers options to “open Microsoft Edge” and install Anyway”, give a tip at the bottom to visit Settings if the user doesn’t want to be warned in the future when the similar thing happens.
@MicrosoftEdge What kind of slimy marketing cesspool crap is this Microsoft? I proceed to launch the Firefox installer and Windows 10 pops this up? If I wanted to use your browser, I would. pic.twitter.com/f7jk9sGvYA
— Sean Hoffman (@SeanKHoffman) September 11, 2018
So this could happen with any non-Microsoft browser like Google, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Vivaldi. Microsoft got as low as this to promote Edge and this has reached the next level. We’ve Google on other side, making Chrome compulsory to use some of its features, Microsoft now has joined the list to decrease Mozilla Firefox browser market share even more.
What do you say on this?
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