• Fubarberry
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    1958 months ago

    Some people are saying this is good, but Microsoft recently changed my default search engine to bing “In case it was accidentally changed or changed by another program”. I have zero faith they won’t abuse this, they are becoming ever increasingly pushy about using edge and switching to bing.

    • @TDCN@feddit.dk
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      358 months ago

      BS like this has made it impossible to maintain a consistent experience for my parents who aren’t super tech savvy. It’s so frustrating helping them over the phone for hours only to realise that windows just on a whim changed major settings without any user interactions. Changed theirs OS to Debian now. Much better.

      • @melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee
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        88 months ago

        Seriously. Windows has become garbage enough that 20 years ago Linux is the better OS. Even though 20 years ago windows (well, let’s say 15) was better than modern Linux is.

    • setVeryLoud(true);
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      118 months ago

      I use Kagi, and so far, it seems to casually switch it back with that message about once a month.

    • pacoboyd
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      28 months ago

      Set it via group policy (local or domain) and forget about it.

        • pacoboyd
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          38 months ago

          I would guess probably not soon. Windows still needs to be able to comply with many industries needs for compliance (ITAR, HIPAA, Financial, etc etc.) If they remove the ability to control this, they cut themselves out of their largest profit area (corporate licensing).

          • @melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee
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            38 months ago

            I think if they just unilaterally make the move, or charge extra for the feature, no regulator is going to crack down; their market share is too big.

            • @lud@lemm.ee
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              8 months ago

              Nah, won’t happen.

              Microsoft is generally very reasonable when it comes to GPOs

              no regulator is going to crack down; their market share is too big.

              The bigger a company’s market share is the more likely regulation is. Hell, the EU has already done this but for internet explorer.

              Microsoft won’t depreciate GPOs in many many years, at least.

              Has anyone else noticed that MS switched their search engine? I have never heard of that. Sounds like a bug or something.

              • @melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee
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                18 months ago

                “Won’t happen. Can’t flood. Hey does anybody else hear water?”

                I genuinely can’t tell if this was intentional but its hilarious either way.