Mozilla CEO Sends Angry Open Letter To Microsoft Over Changing Windows 10 Browser Defaults
Microsoft likes Windows 10 so much, it makes Edge the default browser in Windows 10, even when you're updating from a system that previously used Chrome or Firefox as the default. Unsurprisingly, Mozilla is not amused and its CEO Chris Beard today wrote an open letter to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella to complain that the company is taking away its users' choices and ignored Mozilla's calls for keeping the default during the upgrade process.
"When we first saw the Windows 10 upgrade experience that strips users of their choice by effectively overriding existing user preferences for the Web browser and other apps, we reached out to your team to discuss this issue", Beard writes. "Unfortunately, it didn't result in any meaningful progress, hence this letter. Sometimes we see great progress, where consumer products respect individuals and their choices. However, with the launch of Windows 10 we are deeply disappointed to see Microsoft take such a dramatic step backwards."
To once again make Chrome or Firefox your default, you have to open your browser of choice and go through a few steps to tell Windows 10 about your choice. You can't just click "Use Firefox as my default browser" and that's that. All that button will do is open up the Windows 10 default settings. For non-technical users, the procedure isn’t exactly self-explanatory.
"While it is technically possible for people to preserve their previous settings and defaults, the design of the new Windows 10 upgrade experience and user interface does not make this obvious nor easy", Beard writes.
Source: TechCrunch