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# Microsoft Parental Controls also Dark Patterns you Into using Edge
- URL: https://pupontech.com/microsoft-parental-controls-also-dark-patterns-you-into-using-edge/
- Published: 2025-06-05T19:48:49.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-17T17:58:21.000Z
- Author: AY
- Tags: Tech ramblings of the (HR, Day,Week,Month), Windows, Microsoft, Enshittification, #Import 2025-08-23 21:22

I set up Microsoft’s parental controls on someone’s account a while back and I manage it for her. Last night, she was panicking because she couldn’t access the internet. At first, I assumed it was due to time limits I might have set and forgotten about.

But no,it turns out Microsoft simply decided to block Chrome, with no notification, no email, nothing. Just a silent update that made me scramble . Why cant there be any freaking consistency.

Come on man!

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