WHY am I being FORCED to deal with Microsoft edge?

Anonymous
2020-06-21T10:09:03+00:00

This is insane. I woke up, turned my pc on and see that while my computer updated Microsoft sneakily installed a new version of edge. The icing on the cake, however, is that my system's screen was commandeered by an unclosable presentation forcing me to watch a slow and meticulous explanation of all of the changes you've made to my system that I never asked for and want nothing to do with.

This behavior is doing the opposite of what your company wants to happen. These forceful tactics do not make anyone want to use your service and immediately make you a nuisance and enemy to the user. It's as if you as a company feel your users are going to be too stupid to notice this change or too lazy to go back to using their original browser and just passively accept the changes you've made. We're not cattle. We make our own decisions. 

So here I am, taking up my time and energy trying to change things BACK to the way I had them, on the computer I pay a lot of money to own and maintain.

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-04T12:38:27+00:00

    Unfortunately, loss of information is exactly what happened. I don't have a problem with edge, as long as I don't lose cookies, credentials and other important details.  I got rid of it the first time because not even my favorites with all of my research bookmarked was there. It reinstalled itself again, and this time it had my favorites and the favorites bar was even there. But still, other important things were missing. I cannot lose information. On one web site, whenever the cookies are deleted, I have to  be sent an OTP to get back in. Now imagine having to do this a hundred times. That's why I'm annoyed. I have to lose too much. For now, I know how to stop the update. 

    I don't have time to play around with Microsoft. I would need to talk to a live person, I don't feel comfortable explaining this online for any hacker to see.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-05T21:02:46+00:00

    I have no other issues . My computer just works fine. It is Microsoft who is forcing me to use their Edge browser. How would Microsoft feel if another browser edges

    out their EDGE browser. Are we living in a free society or are we living in Communist China. Just a simple question.

    Which is it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-05T21:26:01+00:00

    Microsoft is not forcing anything. You gave them permission to install Edge or any other updates when you agreed to the Terms and Conditions when you installed Windows 10.  Microsoft granted you the right to install and use Windows 10 but, they kept ownership of Windows 10 and the to determine what features would be installed, When, and by what method. 

    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

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-06T09:58:22+00:00

    I am disgusted at Microsoft.  I try to use Skype this morning after their dodgy update and it will now not allow me to use it on my favourite browser but is forcing me to use Edge browser which I do  not want to do.

    Is there an easy way to bypass Edge to use Skype ?

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-07T10:01:45+00:00

    ... it ... is forcing me to use Edge browser which I do  not want to do.

    Windows is insisting that you the user make the choice of which browser to use by default. It will not - in the interests of user choice - allow applications (like third-party browsers) to alter your own preference.

    Click Start and select Settings, then Apps. Under Default apps, select the web browser you want to use.

    You may have to repeat this exercise if an application tries to change the setting in the future.

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