# Microsoft is Force-Feeding Edge To Windows Users With a Spyware-like Install **URL:** \ **Category:** News & Articles\ **Tags:** hacking, windows, browsers\ **Created:** [July 3, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-is-force-feeding-edge-to-windows-users-with-a-spyware-like-install/95151 "2020-07-03T12:57:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Aina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/aina/32/167469_2.png) [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2020, 12:57pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/microsoft-is-force-feeding-edge-to-windows-users-with-a-spyware-like-install/95151/1 "2020-07-03T12:57:27Z")
![image](https://onehack.st/uploads/default/original/3X/d/0/d05839217f3bd10d4e5ede2d679d8729252e2c35.jpeg) Sean Hollister, [writing for The Verge](https://www.theverge.com/21310611/microsoft-edge-browser-forced-update-chromium-editorial): _If I told you that my entire computer screen just got taken over by a new app that I’d never installed or asked for – it just magically appeared on my desktop, my taskbar, and preempted my next website launch – you’d probably tell me to run a virus scanner and stay away from shady websites, no? But the insanely intrusive app I’m talking about isn’t a piece of ransomware. It’s Microsoft’s new Chromium Edge browser, which the company is now force-feeding users via an automatic update to Windows. Seriously, when I restarted my Windows 10 desktop this week, an app I’d never asked for:_ _- Immediately launched itself - Tried to convince me to migrate away from Chrome, giving me no discernible way to click away or say no - Pinned itself to my desktop and taskbar - Ignored my previous browser preference by asking me – the next time I launched a website – whether I was sure I wanted to use Chrome instead of Microsoft’s oh-so-humble recommendation._ 1. _Did I mention that, as of this update, you can’t uninstall Edge anymore?_