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And that's why I switched to Linux.
Switching to Linux won’t save you if Microsoft Edge takes such a huge market share that a lot of the internet starts to basically require it.
What would that be? Microsoft Edge is a Chromium browser, it can't do more with webpages than Chrome or any other of the bunch can.
Oh and Edge is available for Linux, so there's that. Not that I'd use it...
Microsoft can modify chromium. They can add proprietary things to it. Yes you could use edge if you have to critical pages that only works right on edge.
So wait, let me get this straight, people shouldn't install Linux to avoid windows because they might make edge somehow critical to the use of major websites? Why not just use Linux anyways since that's not happening anytime soon (especially not with the market share Chrome and Firefox have)
I didn’t say people shouldn’t install Linux. But even if you do, browser share matters and if Microsoft is abusing their customers and tricking them into using edge in mass, then it will affect you as a Linux user too.
It's fucking moot.
I promise you that unequivocally will not happen
As it stands it’s better than the most popular browser so it’s not impossible
I have to disagree, edge has been a big ol' joke since it's conception, most non tech literate people see it and go, huh, okay time to download chrome.
Most tech literate people don't like it for the myriad of other problems, i can't think of a single scenario where edge dominates the market
It has performance tweaks over Chrome and doesn’t have Google’s spyware
Majority of users already subscribe to that by using Windows
Older but is still accurate https://www.yugatech.com/comparisons/microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-which-browser-should-you-use/
I said "tech illiterate", most people on here are going to primarily be using Firefox and other smaller competitors, but in the main stream world like it or not chrome is still huge
Yes my original statement was that it was a better browser than Chrome
It dominates the market in vertical tabs IMO. I tried Vivaldi, Firefox extension, the works. The best-feeling alternative was Safari
I use edge at work and Firefox at home. Using edge every work day for 3 years and don't really have many complaints about it. I used to actively avoid it, but after trying it, it doesn't really seem all that bad.
My only gripe is I infrequently have trouble logging into an Ethernet device locally.
Windows is telling people their computer is broken if they don’t use Edge.
Bing, not Edge.
Ah yeah. You’re right.