Time and… money?

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    1 year ago

    Oh yeah, Edge has a coupon and reward service. They can save you money by scraping your web browsing habits and potential products then push you towards chosen vendors and their own services. Just like every other big tech company!

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      1 year ago

      Wow, didn’t know that… Now I understand how those coupon services work.

      Very shady considering it knows what you’re trying to buy and can offer you appropriate coupons.

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      1 year ago

      Personally, I use Firefox.

      But frankly, the entire point of the chromium browser engine is to harvest to whatever company is shipping it.

      To play devil advocate: If you have to use Chromium, might as well do it on one that gives you a pittance back?

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    1 year ago

    The harder Microsoft try to push it, the less I want to use it.

    Similarly for the Reddit redesign and the official app.

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    1 year ago

    edge is actually much better than chrome.

    both are mega corporations feasting on your personal data.

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    1 year ago

    What does Microsoft even benefit when people use its Chromium skin called Edge. It’s not like they want to help people and it’s not like people pay to use Edge.

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      1 year ago

      They get to spy on those people’s web data instead of Google; they lock people in a program they control what runs in it and where it runs; they get a saying on web standards…

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      1 year ago

      They keep it all Microsoft? I guess their selling point is to provide a full suite of products to serve an office or home. A browser is integral to that recipe, and it needs to be branded in their colors.

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    1 year ago

    Maybe an unpopular opinion, especially in a place like Lemmy, but I use Edge for my browser and Authenticator for password management. Easy, don’t have to think about it, and support for chrome extensions with less memory overhead, ime.

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      1 year ago

      I felt like people dislike Edge due to brand awareness + bad experinece in the past (Microsoft, Explorer, Edge, all have a negative and comical association for many people who grew up with Windows).

      If given a chance, I bet even Edge would be a decent enough browser on production level. But still, I find it funny and desperate to leave such messages to try to persuade users not to churn away to other browsers.