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PUPUWEB Blog<p>Microsoft is updating Windows for EEA users to comply with the DMA, including changes so Edge won’t prompt users to set it as default unless they open the browser. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DMA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Edge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Edge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EEA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechRegulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechRegulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrowserChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserChoice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechNews</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@ajsadauskas" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ajsadauskas</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@JessTheUnstill" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>JessTheUnstill</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@tomiahonen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tomiahonen</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> obviously, that would've been a good standard for everyone, given that almost all non-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a> these days are <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebApps</span></a> and at that point we'd not have 100+ MB <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bloatware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloatware</span></a> that essentially just loads a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Website" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Website</span></a> and can't even cache shit!</p><ul><li><em>/me stares angrily at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cordova" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cordova</span></a></em></li></ul><p>Personally I believe the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://respublicae.eu/@europarl_en" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>europarl_en</span></a></span> &amp; <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> could do that and establish as well as enforce an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EC</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/norm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norm</span></a>, just as they did with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USBc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USBc</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CCS2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCS2</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a>!</p><ul><li>It's just lack of political <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pressure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pressure</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/will" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>will</span></a> to actually deal with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiCompetitive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiCompetitive</span></a>-ness of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GAFAMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAFAMs</span></a> and given <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> got forced into the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BrowserChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserChoice</span></a> setup in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WindowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsXP</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows7</span></a>, I <em>demand</em> the same for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows11</span></a> to include not only <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Chrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Chrome</span></a> but also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TorBrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TorBrowser</span></a>!</li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> needs to be <em>better</em> as in being more than just the <em>"lesser evil"</em> compared to iOS!</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@owa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>owa</span></a></span> which is something <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EUCommission</span></a></span> &amp; @kartellamt@social.bund.de / <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BMWK" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BMWK</span></a></span> need to fix.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BrowserChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserChoice</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WinfowsXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WinfowsXP</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Windows7</span></a> was forced on a <em>way less closed system</em> compared to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a>'s <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a>!</p>
Vivaldi Browser<p>✏️ Our content writer spills the beans on how switching browsers transformed her writing process.</p><p>Take a deep dive into how the two-level Tab Stacking, Tab Tiling, Sync, and many other powerful features helped <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@devina" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>devina</span></a></span> improve efficiency and productivity. 👇🏻</p><p><a href="https://vivaldi.com/blog/why-vivaldi-is-a-must-have-in-every-writers-toolbox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">vivaldi.com/blog/why-vivaldi-i</span><span class="invisible">s-a-must-have-in-every-writers-toolbox/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Writer</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Productivity</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/BrowserChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserChoice</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a></p>
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Michael Kohler<p>Over the Edge - How Microsoft’s Design Tactics Compromise Free Browser Choice. From Mozilla Research: <a href="https://research.mozilla.org/files/2024/01/Over-the-Edge-Report-January-2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">research.mozilla.org/files/202</span><span class="invisible">4/01/Over-the-Edge-Report-January-2024.pdf</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/browserchoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browserchoice</span></a></p>
Inautilo<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Business</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reports</span></a><br>Apple is finally allowing full Chrome/Firefox on iOS · The company has to comply with new EU regulations. <a href="https://ilo.im/15xsc3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ilo.im/15xsc3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrowserChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserChoice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Browser</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BrowserEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserEngine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Development" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Development</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Frontend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Frontend</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bentasker.co.uk/@ben" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ben</span></a></span> I wounder if <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mozilla.social/@mozilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mozilla</span></a></span> is aware of that, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.network.europa.eu/@EU_Commission" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>EU_Commission</span></a></span> considers this a violation if the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/BrowserChoice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrowserChoice</span></a> ruling and if <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@BNetzA" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BNetzA</span></a></span> is considering this attack on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NetNeutrality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetNeutrality</span></a> :loading: ...</p><p>Because I'm convinced that's discrimimation specifically against users that need <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> features that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> has and that <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> uses this to <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/monopolize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>monopolize</span></a> the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Internet</span></a> into being solely dependent on <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/GoogleChrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleChrome</span></a>...</p><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.bund.de/@antidiskriminierung" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>antidiskriminierung</span></a></span></p>
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