Microsoft’s new Windows prompts try to stop people downloading Chrome
Back when Edgeium was new and just Chrome but with a lot of Google cruft removed, I actually used Edge instead of Chrome when I was on Windows. It was the same browser with some additional tweaks that I quite liked.<p>Then Microsoft started this aggressive, disruptive push to bring it to iOS Safari&#x27;s level as the only browser people should use.<p>I don&#x27;t know any good operating systems for normal people anymore. Windows 10 and 11 are hostile, macOS only runs on very expensive hardware and doesn&#x27;t run most programs people need (because the business world is still Windows oriented) and Linux has been making progress but still isn&#x27;t a good alternative for the common user unless they have an expert to rely upon when something breaks down. ChromeOS doesn&#x27;t run on most devices (it can, but the images aren&#x27;t available) and I wouldn&#x27;t recommend a Google-oriented OS to most people anyway, if they can avoid it; Android is bad enough already.<p>I miss the Windows 7 days. The Win10&#x2F;11 kernel may have seen loads of improvements, the UI and basic behaviour has only been regressing for many years now. The Windows 11 window snapping is nice but it doesn&#x27;t excuse the aggressive spyware that comes with the OS, and neither does it excuse this antitrust lawsuit in waiting.