HipPriest to Technology@lemmy.world • 10 months agoEurope wants easy default browser selection screens. Mozilla is already sounding the alarm on dirty trickswww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1509file-text
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minus-square@lud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish11•9 months agoWhy? In windows you already have a dozen selection screens during installation, just adding one for the browser would be a huge deal. OEMs could just install every popular browser.
minus-square@lud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoFirefox would obviously also be included. Maybe even brave and opera too.
minus-squareGigglyBobblelinkfedilink1•9 months agoThat’s not so obvious to me. Companies might refer to usage statistics to exclude the ones you mentioned.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏linkEnglish1•9 months agoIt’s a shame Opera dumped their in house rendering engine, but it’s understandable when the market leader monopoly keeps making changes that are hard to keep up with… not to mention the “Not compatible with your browser” stuff
minus-square@Gamey@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoA shame Opera is a privacy nightmare sending data directly to China!
Why? In windows you already have a dozen selection screens during installation, just adding one for the browser would be a huge deal.
OEMs could just install every popular browser.
So, Chrome and Edge? No thank you.
Firefox would obviously also be included.
Maybe even brave and opera too.
That’s not so obvious to me. Companies might refer to usage statistics to exclude the ones you mentioned.
It’s a shame Opera dumped their in house rendering engine, but it’s understandable when the
market leadermonopoly keeps making changes that are hard to keep up with… not to mention the “Not compatible with your browser” stuffA shame Opera is a privacy nightmare sending data directly to China!