Submitted 7 hours ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/05/microsoft_adds_a_sidepane_for/
Embeds Edge into AI assistant, ignores questions about opt-in
Friendly reminder for those on work computers, Firefox can be installed as a user app without admin rights by just declining the admin request when it pops up.
On Mac, just drag the application to your user apps directory (/Users/<you>/Applications).
Related note for macs. Homebrew can be installed in user space without administrator privileges.
In my job I’m forced to use edge all the copilot shit is turned on without the possibility to turn off by admin privileges. Completely absurd.
That’s because copilot is a snitch for your boss.
They also have a bunch of crowdstrike shit on it all time on. For sure they’re snitching way more deeply that edge use.
Been using this script. It has freed 6Gb of space on my surface.
Haven’t really auditted what it does, but in this case I just trust the stars (and the link is from tomshardware, not that it changes anything). Use at your own risk.
Link to Tom’s Hardware article for reference?
6GB is a lot. I thought these things only tweaked registry settings to disable things, not remove them.
Everything already spys. People still pay for it.
Another front in Microsoft’s nearly 30 years long war on people using a better browser than their garbage
I figure if you’re already the kind of person to chat with Copilot, you’re not the kind of person that will be inconvenienced by it launching links in chat instead of your browser.
For 95% of other users, though, that would be infuriating.
xxce2AAb@feddit.dk 7 hours ago
Laughs in Linux.