Microsoft apologists: MSFT has changed! They are no longer the iron grip monopolists they were in the 90s and 00s, they are open now and love Linux and open source

Me:

@moritzheiber Love too be warned of competitors by the near monopolist
@moritzheiber what did you try to install?
@arjen @moritzheiber That's apparently something that detects Chrome and Firefox installs and tries to have you use Edge instead, that's appeared in Win10 previews.

@bhtooefr @moritzheiber
Check:
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45509672

What a bad idea, that will do them no good.

Microsoft tests rival browser 'warning'

Pop-up warnings about the Chrome and Firefox browsers could soon be hitting some Windows 10 users.

@moritzheiber Embrace, extend, exterminate
@besserwisser It's "extinguish", but yes
@moritzheiber microsoft, daleks, what's the difference?
@moritzheiber When installing what? IE11?
Microsoft intercepting Firefox and Chrome installation on Windows 10 - gHacks Tech News

When you try to install the Firefox pr Chrome web browser on a recent Windows 10 version 1809 Insider build, you may notice that the installation gets interrupted by the operating system.

@moritzheiber ugh, I was afraid you'd come back at me with a link like that ... I hope the EU writes M$ a big fat bill for that.
@moritzheiber Didn't they get sued for this shit at some point? And lose?