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Why is Microsoft trying to force me to use outlook? The app is just awful and I will not use it. I have had a hotmail account since 2000 and use mail tab on windows. Now it keeps wanting to switch me to the piece of **** outlook. Forcing this on people is ****. I will stop using microsoft email completely if this is the way it will be. Why are you doing this to people. Searching the web shows that this is really a bad move from Microsoft and is a ploy to make more money from ads. If this is the case,<removed>
Using New Outlook on Windows for professional communication and productivity
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I agree with just about everything above, but the question is how can we avoid being forced to use Outlook. How can we avoid cancelling the outlook 3 times before we can come on to windows mail...
The boldness of installing an unwanted software on my machine (repeatedly) is astounding.
You know which type of software usually does the same?
What a **** move.
I tried to uninstall the Outlook app from the Windows setting. But still, it automatically installs itself. It is being forced installed on my PC. I have been uninstalling multiple times but it is being reinstalled multiple times with the user's permission. I am not able to understand why it is happening. Though Outlook is Microsoft's Product, I would rather say one of the Microsoft Products. Microsoft is just forcing you to use their product Outlook. In this community thread, somebody was lying that Outlook is not a product of Microsoft. Actually, Outlook is the product of Microsoft. Microsoft is forcing us to use their product the outlook nothing else. And believe me, Microsoft is not going to help you with this.
I am sorry, I disagree.
People are being coerced into using the new free Outlook when they are using the paid for Outlook.
Outlook (new) should have a different name as it is VERY CONFUSING FOR ORDINARY NON TECHNICAL PEOPLE!
OP "no one is trying to force you", a few moments later "At some point, the "new Outlook" will completely replace the Windows Mail app".