Recently I decided to make the decision to change my browser to Firefox after my 16 year-old-son said it was “based”. When navigating to the download page from Microsoft Edge, it claimed that Edge was better than Firefox because it had 60% of the features and none of the privacy. Despite the tempting claims, I proceeded anyway and set Firefox as my default browser. After a couple of days, I went to turn on my computer, and it said it was “installing updates”; when it booted on, Firefox was gone from my computer, and Edge was set as the default browser! I brushed this off as a bug, but the same thing happened four days later! What did I do wrong?
Microsoft is using an insane amount of dark patterns to keep people on Edge. So, not a bug. Very much intentional, unfortunately…
You mean… Microsoft isn’t deleting Firefox for my “safety and security”?
Didn’t notice the full community name the first time around. Lol
Microsoft is keeping you safe by keeping you near the Edge, you see. New features and cool stuff that requires you to sign a 300 page legal document but let’s not worry about that because it’s cool stuff, right?
You’re close to the Edge, but you won’t fall off the Edge like Linux users, because MS will keep you safe.