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Office 365 ProPlus Forces Bing to become standard search engine in Chrome - starting in February
Microsoft is shoving something down some people's throat again as if they have not learned from EU regulation and the big fines for making Internet Explorer the default browser years ago, this round they are quietly injecting a feature into Office 365 ProPlus. Office 365 ProPlus will make Bing the default search engine in Chrome starting next month.
Bing search thus will be the default automatically unless admins proactively block it. It will be made so in Germany and France first and then spread to other countries. Microsoft will enforce it by installing a Chrome extension that replaces the default search engine to Bing. Administrators can stop this via Group Policy or remove the extension after installation. Microsoft lets users know via Message Center, the company says. Administrators report that it'll be a mess receiving all the personal change requests from end-users.
In a later stage, Firefox will also get the same treatment. Administrators are afraid to get many requests for help because the default search engine of their browser has changed. For now, the extension is only in ProPlus and not in Office 365 Business.
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#5753444 Posted on: 01/23/2020 09:30 AM
I don't get it, they must realize they will be sued and lose because this is very blatant abuse of their dominant market position. So why would MS do that ?
I don't get it, they must realize they will be sued and lose because this is very blatant abuse of their dominant market position. So why would MS do that ?
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#5753453 Posted on: 01/23/2020 09:58 AM
Yeah, Microsoft just loves open source and freedom of software.
The hypocrisy is just astounding.
Yeah, Microsoft just loves open source and freedom of software.
The hypocrisy is just astounding.
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#5753481 Posted on: 01/23/2020 12:01 PM
What a load of BS Micro$oft! I hope they get a big fine.
What a load of BS Micro$oft! I hope they get a big fine.
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#5753484 Posted on: 01/23/2020 12:07 PM
don't worry, "I Accept" during O 365 install solves all the legal problems. Then again, if you are backwards enough to not use one of the many free solutions, you probably deserve your data to be sent to other companies looking for people just like you.
I don't get it, they must realize they will be sued and lose because this is very blatant abuse of their dominant market position. So why would MS do that ?
don't worry, "I Accept" during O 365 install solves all the legal problems. Then again, if you are backwards enough to not use one of the many free solutions, you probably deserve your data to be sent to other companies looking for people just like you.
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#5753485 Posted on: 01/23/2020 12:07 PM
Will hardly change anything.
Will hardly change anything.
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#5753490 Posted on: 01/23/2020 12:43 PM
At home I am using Open Office.
M$ continues to force consumers to use their products.
At home I am using Open Office.
M$ continues to force consumers to use their products.
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#5753494 Posted on: 01/23/2020 01:19 PM
At home I am using Open Office.
M$ continues to force consumers to use their products.
There are more viable alternatives all the time. Personally I abandoned office when I lost the ability to install it without linking it to an account. I build a lot of PCs, it is very common for the users to not have a MS account so I would need to either set up a burner account or use my account, both terrible solutions.
At home I am using Open Office.
M$ continues to force consumers to use their products.
There are more viable alternatives all the time. Personally I abandoned office when I lost the ability to install it without linking it to an account. I build a lot of PCs, it is very common for the users to not have a MS account so I would need to either set up a burner account or use my account, both terrible solutions.
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#5753495 Posted on: 01/23/2020 01:23 PM
At home I am using Open Office.
M$ continues to force consumers to use their products.
You should give a look at LibreOffice, all the OpenOffice devs, at time of 3.X version moved away because they did not like the move to apache license for some reason.
They forked the project and built LibreOffice that is basically where OpenOffice left, and they continued to move on.
At home I am using Open Office.
M$ continues to force consumers to use their products.
You should give a look at LibreOffice, all the OpenOffice devs, at time of 3.X version moved away because they did not like the move to apache license for some reason.
They forked the project and built LibreOffice that is basically where OpenOffice left, and they continued to move on.
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#5753496 Posted on: 01/23/2020 01:25 PM
Alternatives are viable for small offices or isolated workflow, sadly enough i tried to move the office i was working in to free softwares, but everyone liked MS office because it was perceived as smoother and easier... While of course it is, it comes at a price, both in term of license and other stuff. But when the licenses started to be available on online sellers for less than 50 eur, then they did not want to switch anymore back to the free alternative.
There are more viable alternatives all the time. Personally I abandoned office when I lost the ability to install it without linking it to an account. I build a lot of PCs, it is very common for the users to not have a MS account so I would need to either set up a burner account or use my account, both terrible solutions.
Alternatives are viable for small offices or isolated workflow, sadly enough i tried to move the office i was working in to free softwares, but everyone liked MS office because it was perceived as smoother and easier... While of course it is, it comes at a price, both in term of license and other stuff. But when the licenses started to be available on online sellers for less than 50 eur, then they did not want to switch anymore back to the free alternative.
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#5753511 Posted on: 01/23/2020 02:12 PM
Microsoft switches to chromium for it's upcoming version of Microsoft Edge, Google allows the browser extension for Bing search to be automatically installed when installing a microsoft program.
One major feature traded for another major feature of software. Business as usual, but you should be able to disable the extension if desired.
Microsoft switches to chromium for it's upcoming version of Microsoft Edge, Google allows the browser extension for Bing search to be automatically installed when installing a microsoft program.
One major feature traded for another major feature of software. Business as usual, but you should be able to disable the extension if desired.
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#5753527 Posted on: 01/23/2020 03:02 PM
Bing cannot find a squat when I search something with it. F. you Microsoft.
Bing cannot find a squat when I search something with it. F. you Microsoft.
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#5753783 Posted on: 01/24/2020 09:15 AM
Yeah, that doesn't work that way, at least not in Europe. And regardless, that isn't an issue of consent, but an issue of MS abusing their dominant position to force users into using their solution. Literally, this was exactly what they were sued over with IE.
Personally, I don't mind office at all. They work quite well for what they do, but for me nothing beats Latex (or Overleaf) so I only use office very sporadically.
don't worry, "I Accept" during O 365 install solves all the legal problems. Then again, if you are backwards enough to not use one of the many free solutions, you probably deserve your data to be sent to other companies looking for people just like you.
Yeah, that doesn't work that way, at least not in Europe. And regardless, that isn't an issue of consent, but an issue of MS abusing their dominant position to force users into using their solution. Literally, this was exactly what they were sued over with IE.
Personally, I don't mind office at all. They work quite well for what they do, but for me nothing beats Latex (or Overleaf) so I only use office very sporadically.
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#5753787 Posted on: 01/24/2020 09:47 AM
Yea because the EU dictators like to tell big business what do to lol and as for bing not finding jack crap because all of us gave google enough info already without them asking.
Yea because the EU dictators like to tell big business what do to lol and as for bing not finding jack crap because all of us gave google enough info already without them asking.
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#5753848 Posted on: 01/24/2020 12:42 PM
Browser hijacking, cuz why not? o_O
Browser hijacking, cuz why not? o_O
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WOW, just wow! They havent learned anything ...
And on top, if that wouldnt already be enough:
https://www.comparitech.com/blog/information-security/microsoft-customer-service-data-leak/
250M data points into the wild, on a DB openly accessible on the internet. But just for a very short time frame .... only from 2005 to December 2019 .... just a few .... YEARS!!!
Be proud to be MS customer! They connect you to people you didnt know before. 360 degrees full spectrum contact sharing .... at other companies you have to pay for that.