In EU you can uninstall Edge completely.
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
1407 points (98.7% liked)
Mildly Infuriating
42247 readers
2750 users here now
Home to all things "Mildly Infuriating" Not infuriating, not enraging. Mildly Infuriating. All posts should reflect that.
I want my day mildly ruined, not completely ruined. Please remember to refrain from reposting old content. If you post a post from reddit it is good practice to include a link and credit the OP. I'm not about stealing content!
It's just good to get something in this website for casual viewing whilst refreshing original content is added overtime.
Rules:
1. Be Respectful
Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.
Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.
...
2. No Illegal Content
Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.
That means: -No promoting violence/threats against any individuals
-No CSA content or Revenge Porn
-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)
...
3. No Spam
Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.
-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.
-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.
-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers
-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.
...
4. No Porn/Explicit
Content
-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.
-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.
...
5. No Enciting Harassment,
Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts
-Do not Brigade other Communities
-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.
-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.
-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.
...
6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.
-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.
...
7. Content should match the theme of this community.
-Content should be Mildly infuriating.
-The Community !actuallyinfuriating has been born so that's where you should post the big stuff.
...
8. Reposting of Reddit content is permitted, try to credit the OC.
-Please consider crediting the OC when reposting content. A name of the user or a link to the original post is sufficient.
...
...
Also check out:
Partnered Communities:
Reach out to LillianVS for inclusion on the sidebar.
All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
My Linux firefotz browser never gives this error.
Satya, stop trying to make Edge happen. It's not going to happen.
For those contemplating a shift to Linux, this site lets you kick the tires on different distros.
Or you can simply use Linux Mint or Zorin OS if you really can't stand with a new UI
The "app" is called Windows. :)
miss those vague error messages, not.
If you use Solid works at work you'll be welcome with More retarded ones like:
Error occurred.
An item in your assembly needs to be saved X 1000 consecutive windows saying the same thing even if you hit cancel or don't show again.
Solid works is phaking regarde...retarded.
MBAs
So, as with many other people. this stuff is certainly pushing me into Linux.
That said, is there no chance of the EU restarting their probes towards them with all the dark patterns they've been using to push people into Edge?
My day job is to fight ONE aspect of shady MS stuff. I don't have time or money at home to fight ALL of MS's shady shit at home.
"oopsie reawwy sowwy uwu"
I laughed at Microsoft a lot when they basically made Windows 10 beg people to try edge.
You tried to change your default and it was like, this isn't recommended! And you're like, idgaf change the default, and Windows is like, are you sure? Yes! But edge can save battery power. Are you really sure?
Fuck off edge. Change the default.
That means nothing
@herseycokguzelolacak Just like how clicking any web links (be it from the shitty widgets menu or from windows search) that open the browser, open as edge:// links which force opening on Microsoft Edge even if it's not your default browser. This sucks but at least I can uninstall Edge easily from the settings (maybe because I am in the EU)
Seriously considering switching to Linux lately!
Microsoft needs to hire a psychologist or something. Their senseless nagging on forcing shit down our throats doesn't psychologically work the way they think it does.
Except it does work. Its easy to forget that most users dont really know or care that much about their browser or care what their laptop is doing.
They just click things until something with search bar comes up.
The tech savy people are not their biggest customer group so they can risk annoying some people as long as they know they are getting more people in to their enviroment than they are loosing their users.
The problem obviously being that it is not the browser they want you too use, so they create "a problem".
load more comments
(4 replies)
Reminds of that kid that trips over and eats a class colleague's entire banana
"Banana"
Can I run Windows 7 in a VM if I am forced to use 10 or 11 somehow?
You can
- run your favorite flavor of Arch on your bare metal
- use Aero theme plasma with KDE
- legitimately install VMware Workstation Pro, since it's free now.
- run windows 7 in a VM with extended kernel patches. (bonus points for making your windows VM immutable)
load more comments
(1 replies)
Don't use 7, you're just asking for malware
It's actually fine if it doesn't have internet connection.
That's true of any OS.
load more comments
(4 replies)
load more comments
(8 replies)
Maybe try ReviOS? It's a "playbook" file you run on a clean Windows 11 install that strips out all of the telemetry and junk, and mostly "just works". The only big potential pain point, imho, is not getting automatic driver updates from Windows Update.
I just installed CachyOS with virt-manager running ReviOS in a virtual machine. For my needs, it's amazing. Arch Linux allows for easy updates to the latest versions of software and CachyOS further improves it with optimized, pre-compiled packages, which is particularly relevant for a smooth gaming experience. (Outdated packages aren't a good mix with new games, and the optimized packages improve performance.)
The only "big" challenge I've had with Windows is getting videoconferencing working smoothly (my webcam is flickery), but that's not a big deal. Zoom in Linux works great, and Teams/Zoom both work well in browser (in Linux). So, most of my work stuff is in the VM, but I have Zoom and a separate browser (for Teams meetings) installed in Linux.
This setup requires a bit of technical skill; you need to be able to find and follow guides. (Ex. I needed to troubleshoot why I couldn't change the VM resolution, and the fix was to download a set of VM tools in Windows.) If you have light technical skills to search for and read guides, it shouldn't be too challenging.
(I use Arch, by the way.)
load more comments
(12 replies)
view more: next ›