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1. Kevin Beaumont (gossithedog@cyberplace.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 19:51:15 JST Kevin Beaumont

   lol. Microsoft needs regulation. https://www.theverge.com/23930960/microsoft-edge-google-chrome-poll-why-try-another-browser

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 19:51:14 JST Aral Balkan

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     @GossiTheDog Stalking as a Service.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 21:46:58 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Cameron

     @bitflipped @GossiTheDog The point isn’t about the exact technical details of how a deceptive design pattern is implemented but that it’s implemented at all.

   • Cameron (bitflipped@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 21:46:59 JST Cameron

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     • Aral Balkan

     @GossiTheDog @aral looks like a misleading article. While the messages appear, you don't need to interact with any of them to download Chrome.

     One: It's the link immediately under the banner.
     Two: Ignore
     Three: Ignore, the download is already complete and you were probably going to close edge anyway.
     Four: See three

     Edit: I just checked, nothing is "Injected" into the google pages either, they appear to run in independent viewports that aren't part of the main browser viewport.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 21:53:29 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Cameron

     @bitflipped @GossiTheDog I read injection not necessarily as “injected into the web page” but as “injected into the flow”. I couldn’t find the word “barrier” in the article.

   • Cameron (bitflipped@mastodon.world)'s status on Thursday, 26-Oct-2023 21:53:30 JST Cameron

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral @GossiTheDog that's a fair point, I didn't like it when Google did it either, but the article implies both in the headline and the first paragraph that it's something it isn't (injection & a barrier), which I don't like either.