Even in android Microsoft is still trying to get you to use edge

Why the fuck would I want a browser with AI?

This could be asked of a thousand million other products in the past three years.
But hey, here I am replying to this comment from my AI powered pants zipper, so...
- Oh neat how’s that? I’m using my buttplug. Really wish it had WiFi. The cat 6 cable can get limiting

gpt-4 powered browser

kill me

killall cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone

"recommended by microsoft" kills me.

I don’t know what fucking idiot they think is going to say to themselves “well fuck if Microsoft recommends it that’s the way we go!”
- I think the average user sees recommended and just goes with it.
- Have you not been paying attention for the past 50 years?
GPT-4 “powered” lol
I also recommend myself.

Oh boy, a ChatGPT powered browser! Maybe it can hallucinate what I bookmarked and lose or leak all my passwords ☺️

Autofilling all URLs to something completely different could be a fun way to browse

GPT-4 powered browser? Like they needed to make Edge an even less attractive offering or what?

It's like how they're adding the useless copilot key to every single laptop that ever is released

GPT-4 powered

thanks for the warning!

now let me find something that works instead

Can't wait for GPT in my email client, so that it falls for phishing schemes when I'm relaxing.

I can tell you aren't using outlook
- Yeah the place I work implemented the "enterprise version" of outlook with their garbage AI built in.
  I've never used the AI once, and if they don't give a shit about company data that's fine by me

I work in IT at a company who uses outlook, but has locked down the phones so the users can’t install anything.

I can say without a reason of the doubt that outlook on Android is hateful.

It’s still a 2010 era android app with non of the desktop features working. Like the signature not syncing with your saved ones. And focused inbox hiding important emails.

But since the phones are locked down. These dark patten ads are twice as annoying since the user thinks there phone is broken. They just removed the Microsoft 2fa prompts on setup. But I saw this and almost cried.

Don’t assume that users are smart enough to read or understand how this works. They press buttons until it works. If we didn’t force google play to not allow edge to download our users would’ve been in a much harder situation to support.

I really wish users would learn the slightest bit how to use their shit

they are desperate for someone to use their spyware filled Browser with AI shoved down your throat

God ChatGPT sucks so much.

I'm surprised it gives you the choice instead of the usual Microsoft nag: Set Default or Later.

ROFL This level of desperation goes to show how shit the actual experience of using Edge truly is. It wasn't bad, before they injected Edge with AI bullshit and bloated it with other trash.

It's not any worse than Chrome, which isn't saying much. Firefox is still the best user friendly browser, IMO.
- I use Firefox on mobile and desktop, it is my preferred browser at the moment. I still think Edge is a bit worse due to the kitchen sink approach Microsoft takes with it, Chrome is definitely competing in the worst browser space.

This is a shitshow. I use open source mobile office suite and Outlook continually refuses to open PDF or other documents as nothing is installed, so would I like to use their bag of shit instead.

install linksheet nightly
- Just had a look. Much appreciated, thanks mate.
Quick question, what suite are you using on mobile? Haven't managed to find mutch open source stuff to edit word documents.
- I use onlyoffice :)
- I use CollabraOffice and also muPDF. Collabra is great for viewing and some minor work, but I try to use libreoffice on my laptop running Debian for real productivity.

Fuck outlook, the app is trash.

Nine works great for exchange servers, if you can't escape the Microsoft infrastructure altogether.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ninefolders.hd3

Looks like the new reviews say otherwise
- I've been using it for 12+ years, and still do to this day. The only thing that changed is that you have to use the Microsoft authenticator app to log on.

surely you get this only if you have edge already installed?

if you just stop edging on your device, wouldn't this pop-up never appear?

No, I don't have edge and don't want it.
Confirming, you get this even if you don't have Edge installed. It will take you to the store page.
Lots of apps override the default behaviour when opening links and ask you to use a specific browser. I actually do use Edge and have been asked if I wanted to use Chrome.

It's not even bad they're just annoying. Currently the only one I'd use is firefox. It has all the features without the bad things so far. Opera has many ads and also ai and a crypto wallet so i'm going with firefox...

Vivaldi is basically just old opera without all the bullshit.

At least the current version gives you a choice and remembes it. Outlook a few years ago, after an update, required you to open links in their built in web view. Took them a few months to reverse course on that stupid decision.

outlook lol

"Get Microsoft Edge to open" ? Why not just "Open Microsoft Edge"?

Because Microsoft Edge is a app that doesn't come pre-installed on Android devices
They don’t have Edge installed so they are being requested to get it so that they can open the link.