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		Cthulhu_ on Sept 13, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mozilla has defeated Microsoft’s default browser p... It's a dark pattern, it reminds me of the cookie banner opt-out flows where they make it intentionally overly complicated. I hope the EU sues them again over this. Same with the cookie banner, by law there should be a single click 'no thanks' button.

jareklupinski on Sept 13, 2021 [–]

that's pretty much their MO: keep pushing the envelope until you get sued, then take 2 steps back and start again

hef19898 on Sept 13, 2021 | [–]

It would be great if they took two steps, sometimes I think they don't even tale a half step back, instead they just stop where they are for sometime.

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