MS ploy?

[Segilla]

I received the MS message about alternatives to their service about 4 days ago. Not having heard anything about the topic, I deleted the window suspecting it might be a hoax.
I'm very suspicious as to why this arrived before the news broke.

[VHG]

Do you mean the browser choice window?

This was shipped out as a "update about 4 or 5 days ago. I certainly got it last week sometime.

[VHG]

Anyway, why do you say "MS Ploy" ?

Microsoft have been directed to do this by the European Union to give people the choice to use other browsers and not just Internet Explorer.

[Segilla]

The point was that the MS message arrived on my screen a couple of days before the announcement was given publicity on the radio. No problem for technophiles, but in my book, a ploy.
Anyhow I now see that an icon is on my desktop so there's another chance.
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