“This is a one-time notification giving people the choice to set Bing as their default search engine on Chrome,” says Caitlin Roulston, director of communications
People already had the choice, this isn't giving them anything they didn't already have.
While I'm sure there is a large contingent of people who don't know how to change the default search engine, the assumption, and spin/excuse to do this, that people are not switching because they don't know how is getting quite long in the tooth.
Which org in MS is it that is so consistently failing its users in this way? Is it just Windows, or is it a separate org that's polluting Windows?
I've not used Windows full time since Vista, but each time I dip in it's shocking to see how much bloatware there is in a default Windows install (not from an OEM) – adverts, pop-ups, casino games, celebrity news. Windows itself feels better, it doesn't take much digging to find a screen that hasn't changed since XP, but it's mostly nice on top.
Is the crap from Windows itself? From a marketing team running amok? Is it all driven by Bing or Edge? Bing has always felt similar, like the MSN leadership were told to be more googley, but old habits have stuck around.
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While I'm sure there is a large contingent of people who don't know how to change the default search engine, the assumption, and spin/excuse to do this, that people are not switching because they don't know how is getting quite long in the tooth.
I've not used Windows full time since Vista, but each time I dip in it's shocking to see how much bloatware there is in a default Windows install (not from an OEM) – adverts, pop-ups, casino games, celebrity news. Windows itself feels better, it doesn't take much digging to find a screen that hasn't changed since XP, but it's mostly nice on top.
Is the crap from Windows itself? From a marketing team running amok? Is it all driven by Bing or Edge? Bing has always felt similar, like the MSN leadership were told to be more googley, but old habits have stuck around.
The stuff Nadella is doing is just gross.
* I want to know everything about you and who you talk to (privacy violations)
* I can change deals unilaterally and do whatever I want without your say-so (disrespecting user agency)
* You can't leave me (vendor lock-in)