HACKER Q&A
📣 mrich

Is this legal? Windows warning when launching the Firefox installer


Windows 10 warns when launching the Firefox installer, suggests using MS Edge instead:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/windows-10-warns-me-use-microsoft-verified-app


  👤 PaulKeeble Accepted Answer ✓
Highly likely to become an antitrust issue in the future. Microsoft learnt nothing from the last time the EU fined them.

👤 joshxyz
same when youre at chrome download page.

its fricken hilarious and unbelievable but its real.


👤 riddley
But... But.... They're the New Microsoft!!! /s

👤 randombits0
This is a violation of implied fitness. You want your OS to respond predictably and without unforeseen differences.

This demonstrates that the OS is operating on behalf of MS and not the user. The OS performs as MS dictates. This is a violation of trust.