- Microsoft has a new plan to target chrome toxicomans to use more edge
- A planned pop-up is only hidden from tests at the moment, however
- It can never be activated, even in the preview versions of Windows 11 – and I hope it is, because I think it is a dangerous road for Microsoft to go
Microsoft apparently tests another way to adopt the adoption of the edges and try to cajolate chrome users to switch to its browser in Windows 11.
Windows Last reports that in a new Windows 11 overview version (in the Canary channel), there is hidden work in the background concerning a new campaign to promote Edge.
This targets those who use Google’s Chrome browser with a pop-up to bring them to pin the taskbar when they close the Microsoft browser. More specifically, it is aimed at those who use Chrome a lot and on board a little (you must obviously use Edge a little to get out of the browser to display the NAG screen).
Windows the last one observes that one of the hidden flags – and remember, they simply hide in the background, and not yet activated, even in the tests – is intended for “ Pin Edge when you close the browser ” (so with it is constantly pinned at the taskbar, you are more likely to come back and use it).
But the more shaded movement here is another flag which is for “ mSpinningCampaignchromeusageGreTeterthan90trigger ” – and the keybed here is that the trigger of the contextual window appears is if the use of the Windows 11 user chrome is greater than 90 (which means 90%.)
So this means that those that work more – who use Chrome less than 90% of the time – will not see this pop -up. The reason why, probably, is because Microsoft does not want to annoy people who already use its web browser a good part of the time.
However, those who run almost exclusively with Chrome (90% of the time or more) will see this NAG prompt, and the question is: how could Microsoft quantify whether the use of chrome of a given person is 90% or more?
Analysis: Microsoft must walk carefully
Okay, we cannot therefore draw conclusions on the espionage of Microsoft on people on the basis of certain flags hidden in tests – all this remains theoretical and speculation. But that seems to indicate that a kind of measure is in progress – and how would Microsoft assess a heavy chrome user? The obvious hypothesis is that it must be done by a kind of telemetry (data collection).
And LONGEless of the True Answer Behind This Question, or indeed Whsther this feature is Ever Enabled – Remember, It’s not live in Preview, As Naded – This Kind of Flag is not Going to Do Anything to Assage the Fears of Those Who Believe Microsoft is ‘Spying’ On Them with Windows 11. There’s a Good Deal of Paranoia Around that Issue, Becuse Microsoft DES, of Race, Utilize Some Telemetry with Windows 11. (Some of Which May be justified, and some of what can be deactivated – although not everything, unless you have taken considerable lengths).
Thus, although we know that Microsoft collects data on users of Windows 11, the previews of the internal functioning of the operating system exposed as will not help the reputation of the company. In my opinion, the software giant must work very carefully in areas like this-and measure the use of the browser to determine whether a pop-up window is displayed or not (chrome drug addicts) cross a line.
No, it might never happen – and I hope that is not the case, because this is really not a path that Microsoft must go further. With some of the contextual windows and various suggestions of Windows 11, Microsoft can say that this helps the user in one way or another – encouraging a backup could be useful in certain scenarios, for example, which is in no way inconceivable. But in this case, Microsoft only helps himself (and Edge).
From a wider perspective, we no longer need to harass to use the Edge browser anyway – there are already too much of this type of activity in Windows 11 (which, in my opinion, is very counterproductive anyway).
