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MurrayDelph

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7. Forcibly uninstalling Edge has become a frequent activity

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Nov 23, 2025, 10:17 AM

Nov 23

I know when it's time when a shortcut I use regularly starts asking with "What would you like to open that with"

I know some people actually like that browser, but I never asked for it to be installed on my laptop. where 1.5GB of something I never asked for and won't use makes a difference.

And isn't a program that you never asked for, that tries to take over your computer, the definition of a virus?

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Windows Users Furious at Microsoft's Plan to Turn It Into an "Agentic OS" [View all] highplainsdem Nov 23 OP

This might mean more if users didn't hate most changes EdmondDantes_ Nov 23 #1

Users don't "hate changes" LearnedHand Nov 23 #9

Not really. EdmondDantes_ Nov 23 #14

I worked in user-facing IT for a long time LearnedHand Nov 23 #16

Kick dalton99a Nov 23 #2

try their customer service.for a real AI experience rampartd Nov 23 #3

They're starting to require us to use it at my job EuterpeThelo Nov 23 #4

Thanks! That matches most of the other stories I've heard about it. It's all but useless in most of the highplainsdem Nov 23 #6

You can disable it edhopper Nov 23 #5

+1 dalton99a Nov 23 #10

What's the point of buying a Windows machine... hunter Nov 23 #15

Forcibly uninstalling Edge has become a frequent activity MurrayDelph Nov 23 #7

Wow. I'm gonna try that. lindysalsagal Nov 23 #8

A very useful and convincing assessment. Thanks for sharing. I hope Apple doesn't follow in Microsoft's footsteps. Martin68 Nov 23 #11

Barf jfz9580m Nov 23 #12

Frequent image searches not fooled Nov 23 #13