Earlier this month, Microsoft quietly added “Windows Tips notifications” to Windows 10, to highlight some of the characteristics of the operating system. There have of course been various protests as many of the company's "Tips" are actually advertisements. Below we will present you one of these company Tips for two reasons:
1. to see the message (security tip) and
2. to showcase once again the practice of the company that seems to have nothing to do with the term fair play.
The new message that appears advertises the security level of the Edge browser.
These ad-tips appeared for the first time in early November, and a Microsoft spokeswoman said it actually is alerts that will help users discover the benefits of Windows 10.
So, with posts in Reddit, there are new notifications showing that Edge is more safes than Mozilla Firefox and Chrome.
The message appears whenever users open another browser other than Edge.
Is Fair Play by Microsoft? The company, of course, has given a choice to disable these tips.
If you do not want to see the "unbiased" advice of Microsoft you can turn them off by following the path below:
Settings - System - Notifications and disable the option "Get tips, tricks, and suggestions as you use Windows."
Microsoft, of course, does not see any reason to do this:
"As we continue to improve Microsoft Edge, we want to keep our users informed of the great new features available in the browser but also in Windows 10 from notifications. Windows Tips notifications was created to provide quick, easy information that can help enhance the user experience in windows 10. ”
It goes without saying that Microsoft bets a lot on its new Edge browser and Windows, but an aggressive promotion of its products could to easily make a double-edged knife.
Public adoption of Edge is currently at 5 percent, and using surface notifications work that promote the browser by "burying" trusted third-party applications is not the best way for the company to increase the adoption rate.