WHY am I being FORCED to deal with Microsoft edge?

a) And Microsoft has changed that, rightfully so

b) I have set my default browser to not be Edge and receive none of those, so what about your setup is having them show up? Check the Notification settings as I've mention many times to others

c) That's your own issue if you didn't purchase a drive that was large enough to handle your O/S, it's built in software, and the software you want to install. I would never ever recommend someone get a device with less than 512 GB.

I don't play politics so bringing that up pretty much discredits anything you just said as it is immaterial.

Back then the world was a different place with that class action law suit. Today, the world is connected to the internet and an O/S is got to have a default browser that can't be uninstalled (Microsoft has Edge, Apple has Safari, Google has Chrome) so that you can download your favorite browser and make it the default. I have, why can't you?

I use Edge for some things because a Microsoft browser works better with Microsoft products. I use a different browser for everything else.

Bonne chance!

If anyone is missing the point, it is you. SolarEcipseReturns is right on, and I am quite sure if a vote was taken a vast majority of users would agree, but most are to busy getting their work done to reply.

I hope this helps, and if you need any further assistance, please post, and we will be glad to assist you.

"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe." John Muir

You are either missing the point or intentionally obfuscating the issue, which plainly put is that (a) up until the last month it has been possible to uninstall Microsoft's browser and it is no longer possible to do so; (b) Edge is intrusive in a way that other browsers are not by popping up all the time with unwanted commercials for edge and an unwanted screen the purpose of which escapes me but it is as annoying as hell, and there is no "never show this again" option; (c) for those with limited SSD space on smaller drives, when another browser is preferred it wastes space that could be put to better use.  In the browser wars MS lost and like Trump is now trying unfair (and probably illegal) tactics to win (remember the litigation years ago that forced MS to remove Media Player from the OS?).  Time for another class action suit!

Nope I'd never try to shut down a conversation, but I will never let people lie or distort the truth to others in these forums and will call them and you out every time.

• Yes, Microsoft has every legal right to update their software.
• Yes, many people mess around with their O/S by editing registry or installing **** software and 9 times out of 10 it causes issues.
• Yes, a browser is part of the O/S and should not be removed. Apple has Safari and Google has Chrome because one needs to have at least one browser that can't be uninstalled in an O/S. After all if there was no browser how would you download your favorite browser? Riddle me that one . . .

All statements of the truth. You and others may not like the truth but there it is and still the truth.

So again, pointless rants do nothing here. Doing what I and others do by leaving productive feedback in the mechanisms available that are actually seen by the developers are the only thing that will lead to change.

Posting here may make you feel good but it will accomplish nothing other than people who know the truth to correct you.

Bonne chance!

I have left feedback elsewhere too, such as twitter directed towards the edge and microsoft accounts, given I really don't use edge I wasn't aware of the Alt-Shift-I feedback mechanism. This forum topic is the top result on google at the moment though, so perhaps it shouldn't surprise you that you'd also see complaints here.

Honestly though I have waning hopes of any avenue producing much of a result, that said I'll still 'rant' on each avenue I can about this given it is truly quite unethical programming, just as plenty of others are. 

Additionally I felt it worthwhile to point out to those trying to shut down the conversation because it is 'legal' that they are dramatically missing the point most people are making. In the nicest way possible, while you haven't got strung up on legality, the category of 'people trying to shut down the conversation' does include you I feel. Initially denying the problem, then erroneously stating it must be an unusual setup people are using or 3rd party software messing with windows, then again erroneously stating that a browser is a fundamental and inseparable part of an OS (Windows itself may attempt to obfuscate the process, and the OS may always have capacity to connect to the internet, but a browser itself is a program within the OS not an inseparable part. That isn't to say running without any browser at all is advisable, although one could use any browser of their choosing).