FUTURE POSTS
- Using AI agents in long-lived software projects - 2 days from now
- Expertise in the age of AI, or: Matt's Claude'll handle this - 4 days from now
- 15+ years of working with coding agents - 8 days from now
- Putting Claude up against our test suite - 10 days from now
- The GPU Is the New Bangalore - 12 days from now
And 1 more posts are pending...
There are posts all the way to May 05, 2026
Comments
Totally agree. Almost every MS product, website, add-on, will do stuff like this. I'm always looking for this type of stuff when I install something as it's sometimes hidden. Drives me nuts when my nice blank page turns into some fetch from the internet that I didn't ask for. Sheesh.
It is akin to adjusting the steering wheel and seat position in your car - to their preference! I just use Firefox though, and start browsing from "about:blank".
The least they could do is leave the box unchecked...
It's funny. I too installed it yesterday and I was thinking the exact same thing ;-)
It's funny. I too installed it yesterday and I was thinking the exact same thing ;-)
It made me angry.
Comment preview