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'Microslop' is heading for Edge – major browser redesign is inspired by Copilot, and it's already seriously unpopular (www.techradar.com)
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[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 65 points 5 days ago (36 children)
  1. Repeat step two forever when Microsoft decides there was a problem that can be solved by resetting your default browser.
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (3 children)
[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Better to link to the main page rather than the download page that immediately tries to download the app.

https://www.sordum.org/9312/edge-blocker-v2-0/

Sadly I doubt my employer would take kindly to me using this tool.

[–] xela@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Even better remove Edge all together via Wintoys:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjc19jV9Q7k

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