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It’s better than chrome for sure. Depending on what your criteria for using a browser it, it might even be in the top 3 browser options.

But it’s still a Microsoft product filled with the usual Microsoft shenanigans. If you don’t care about your browser keeping track of what you do and that sort of privacy concerns, absolutely give it a try. You can even use it on Linux and Android and it works fine on those too.

One other negative aspect I can think of is that Microsoft is quite open to adhering to Google’s own shenanigans like that recent proposal they got ridiculed for. For that reason I’d rather recommend Vivaldi instead - there’s very little that edge does better than Vivaldi and there’s plenty that Vivaldi does better than it.

But also, please, consider using Firefox if you don’t have any problems with it. You’ll literally be helping make the internet a better place just by using it. So many people use chromium based browsers today that Google literally owns the way the internet works.

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I wasn’t a fan of Firefox either and personally lived using edge. When the whole web integrity thing started happening, I felt like I should switch to Firefox and haven’t looked back.

I still have some complaints, like you can’t install sites native app which I used a lot. I don’t think tab groups have been implemented yet, which isn’t a huge deal but very useful. And there were a few others I can’t remember off the top of my head. In the end I value my privacy a bit more so I’ve decided Firefox is worth it.

Plus mobile ad blocking is a god send.

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There are several, possibly dozens, of tab group extensions for firefox.

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you can’t install sites native app

There’s an extension that lets you do this. I use it and it works great.

I don’t think tab groups have been implemented yet

Funny thing is that forced group tabs on Chrome mobile is what made me ditch it.

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and I don’t really care.

This is why we can’t have nice things, like privacy.

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