https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vidarrHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Sat, 18 Apr 2026 06:17:03 +0000Self-defense I would call this move of Google: Some weeks ago I stumbled upon a win 10 laptop I should set up for family. As soon as I installed Firefox, windows started bugging me with popups like "We encountered you use an third party browser. This might pose a serious security thread - do you want to switch to Edge?" and stuff about this browser slowing down the system along with urging me to switch to Edge. Microsoft just still exploits its market share - so why shouldn't Google do the same to counter?

]]>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 07:15:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18713788vidarrhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18713788https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18713788Self-defense I would call this move of Google: Some weeks ago I stumbled upon a win 10 laptop I should set up for family. As soon as I installed Firefox, windows started bugging me with popups like "We encountered you use an third party browser. This might pose a serious security thread - do you want to switch to Edge?" and stuff about this browser slowing down the system along with urging me to switch to Edge. You guys at Microsoft just still exploit your market share - so why shouldn't Google do the same to counter?

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