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Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM, it took me a moment to realize that Microsoft Edge had simply taken over where I’d left off in Chrome. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (19 children)

Alternatively, buy or 🏴‍☠️KMSpico🏴‍☠️ yourself a pro license, and use group policy so it's one and done. Microsoft has built in tools for almost all of this that don't get rolled over by updates.

Getting tired of people claiming that it's impossible to decrap Windows.

Obtuse? Sure! Features that shouldn't be hidden behind an upgraded license? Hell fucking yes!

Impossible? Fuck no, hell no.

Learning basic Windows admin stuff, especially just the debloating/configuration things, is comparable in difficulty to switching to Linux.

Don't get me wrong, I love Linux and less reliance on Microsoft is awesome, but 90% of complaints about Windows come from people who don't know how to configure it, how to use the tools Microsoft offers to decrap it, and how to make it work for them. They'll hit similar problems with most Linux distros as soon as you go deeper than basic "office suite and web browser" usage.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (9 children)

No need for KMS Pico anymore. There are better tools out there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (8 children)

Go on…

[–] Lokisan 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Install Gentoo

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I’d prefer to stick with windows for gaming capabilities. Thanks though.

[–] Lokisan 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh no it'd just a silly joke. I was not being serious. You can game on Linux though

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah. I just don’t wanna finagle around in cli. I do that a lot at work lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

fuck gentoo, spending an entire week compiling shit is not something i want to do
I'd rather stick with arch or fedora

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

As a gentoo user, I'm always confused when people think gentoo is about multi-day compiles. Rebuilding the whole system takes a few hours (not that I ever need to do that), and binary packages are available for the big stuff if you want it. It's basically just arch with more configuration options.

Not insisting you or anyone should run it, but it's not as ridiculous as people seem to think.

[–] Lokisan 1 points 10 months ago

Chill dude. It's just a meme. I use Debian btw

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