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Has Microsoft not learned for the last time the EU made them not force people to use IE?

Why are we going backwards again?

Android 12, windows 11, IOS at this point why do we even buy devices with this crap on them if in effect they don't belong to us anymore?

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The hacker news base and similar forum & social media 'nerd' spaces are no longer their largest customers. They've moved away from power users. Most people now using Windows, Android 12, iOS, don't care and only want a working machine that goes to the internet, plays netflix/disney+, and works with their social media websites/apps. It's about convenience instead of possibilities and tinkering.

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