Microsoft is trying to restore Bing as the default search engine on users’ browsers by spinning it as a “repair” through a utility app called PC Manager.
PC Manager is designed to boost a Windows PC’s performance by freeing up memory and eliminating unused apps and files. It offers “Health check” and “Repair tips” buttons, which users can click on to see the recommended actions.
However, Windows Latest noticed the app pushing a curious recommendation: Both Repair tips and Health check nudge you to restore Bing as the default search engine on the Edge browser.
This is a product you pay for and it doesn’t respect your choices…
You know how many times I’ve had to remove a spyware/adware browser, extensions, and homepage from a family members computer? Too many.
Obligatory “install Linux” post.
Obligatory “I was a Windows user for decades until a couple months ago but Microsoft’s enshittification drove me to Linux and I have no regrets” post.
Do you by chance have a link to what to install for a non tech user without linux knowledge?
https://www.linuxmint.com/ is an excellent place to start. If you have bleeding edge hardware there are better options though, as Linux Mint prioritizes stability over newer packages and drivers. Not a bad thing, just not the OS if your hardware is so new it needs a very new set of packages or kernel to work properly.
I eventually landed on https://get.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/ which has been very good to me over the last couple months.
There are instructions on the sites for how to use Linux from a USB drive, so you don’t even have to install them or overwrite your current OS to give them a whirl.
I see that anti trust / Internet Explorer investigation had no effect at all.
Like most things, it was nearly 30 years ago. So everyone acts like they can’t remember it.
Institutional knowledge is not something corpos seem to like anymore. That hampers next quarter thinking.
So trashy
