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>>mfwit+(OP)
Windows is just full of hostile, anti-user patterns these days. I've considered building a windows box just to have a gaming rig multiple times over the last few years, but every time an article like this or their crusade against Chrome reminds me that Bill Gates is still the same anti-trust monster he was in the 90s.

>>frob+Z1
Google has an equally annoying crusade against anything that isn't Chrome. Visit google.com with Edge (on desktop) and you immediately get a popup on the top right "Google recommends using Chrome. Built for Windows. Easily search on Google with the fast, secure browser". As if there was any material difference between the browsers.

We need a comeback of antitrust enforcement with teeth to get both Microsoft and Google to do honest competition, instead of backhanded methods.

>>wongar+l6
Its so weird that one company isnt mentioned, but will straight up not allow you to run any programs they want.

These have dark patterns, but freedom still. (Not M$ anymore, they restore defaults with each update)

>>hospit+he
You're all over this thread being deliberately obtuse. Of course iOS is bad, that's not the point.

We're discussing desktop operating systems, Windows is the only one that deliberately messes with the default browser.