2 points

Edge is pretty good now imo

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It was. Now it’s bloated with Microsoft’s services and thrown in your face if you don’t use it as your default. For example Outlook defaults to opening it for links in emails even if you have a different browser as you default. Bullshit move Microsoft.

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This joke was funny when Chrome was superior, but now Edge is actually better.

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Edge is my daily driver and has been for a couple of years. Seems faster than Chrome, but maybe that’s just my perception.

I think these haters are hating because Microsoft. Or, they’re too ignorant to realize Edge is Chrome under the hood.

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Not sure if it really could be faster than Chrome since they share the same web renderer (chromium) but Edge is definitely better optimised than Chrome when it comes to memory usage since MS has a better understanding of how its own OS works on a lower system level.

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I also own a Chromebook and their Chrome browser blows on it. So ya.

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We use Edge in our company for the integration since off of our users are on 365.

On some hold outs that kept trying to cling on to Chrome, I just changed the beachball shortcut on their desktop to open Edge instead. None of them have noticed the change over a year later.

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I wouldn’t have a problem with Edge if it wasn’t always running in the background, it’s quite spooky. Not to talk about when it gives me the popups to not change the browser, it is my computer and I will do what I want with it

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Firefox always runs in the background on my PC also. I’m sure there’s a way to disable it, but by default it’s always there.

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Finally someone talking sense.

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It’s funny how nobody talks shit about Apple.

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maybe, but they are both proprietry spyware and chromium based. firefox is better than both

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Mozilla isn’t exactly perfect either

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Then try Waterfox

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or try librewolf.

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I agree. But sometimes your pages won’t load with Firefox. For you and me it’s great. We can get around it. For your parents and grandma’s, it’s a nightmare.

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ive heard of that, but ive never had that happen? stock firefox seems to load everything for me, but maybe its due to spoofing a chrome useragent, or bc i tend to avoid sites like that. librewolf with default setttings, or hardened firefox is admittedly pretty buggy for a lot of websites. i would say brave is an easy upgrade from other chromiums, for family members, but i still think stock firefox is alright for that too

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Edge is stuff tacked on Chromium. How can it be better?!

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When I see the current version of Edge I’m reminded of those bloatware-packed OEM Windows preinstalls adding useless toolbars to Internet Explorer, except this time it’s a sidebar.

I’m disappointed, and when asked by people I recommend replacing Edge. Preferably with Firefox, but even Chrome is better.

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It’s like saying Mac OS is just a Linux distro. It’s similar but actually pretty different when it comes to how it manages its memory.

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Isn’t chrome also based on chromium? I would argue they are equally bad, because both are proprietary.

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I’m a WEB UX designer that helps with testing new pages and Firefox sometimes doesn’t render things that all the other browsers can.

Firefox is great for privacy but shit is buggy.

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I do use Edge as my main browser, for now.

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But why?

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Maybe they haven’t installed Firefox yet

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Because my university is very Microsoft-centric when it comes to software and infrastructure. So using Edge allows me to keep myself logged in and not having to introduce my credentials every time i need to do something.

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You need something to download Firefox from right?

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Bing chat has saved edge and bing search for me, it just works. I ask it a random question, like how many spiders you’d have to eat to have eaten a pound of them and it just tells me and shows the work. I don’t need to look up how much a spider weights and then do math myself, it just does it.

Firefox is still my main browser, but I’ll open edge to ask dumb questions and I have a lot of stupid questions and it has answers without me needing to dig through bullshit to find what I need.

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You really should reconsider your priorities if stupid questions like that are what causing you to stay with edge.

“Hmm do I need privacy, or do I need to know how many spiders are in a pound?”

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Sounds like a great way to get a wrong answer

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The great thing about Bing Chat compared to other chatbots is that it sources its claims. I always check the sources before trusting it.

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Sounds like a regular search with extra steps

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It shows it’s work, you can follow it’s citations to ensure it’s not complete bullshit.

Also no seriously these are dumb questions, I was watching Fraiser the other day and it implied his ratings were in the millions, and I asked bing if that was even possible considering he was on AM radio in the 90s (it’s not), but even if it was completely wrong it literally doesn’t matter…

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Get the extension that enables bing chat for Firefox

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How long is Microsoft going to play this game? We don’t want your browser and we didn’t want it since Netscape. No one trusts you.

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I want it

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4 points

Bizarre

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Username checks out

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I want it. I use it.

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Team edge!

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For as long as they want. What we want doesn’t matter. They are a very large company, so what they want is above what we want.

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Obviously

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And this mentality is exactly why they keep shoving it down our throats.

People should stop equating Edge to Internet Explorer. It isn’t the same browser, it has a lot less problems, it is quite a lot faster, it it compatible with anything.

Edge shouldn’t have the stigma of Internet Explorer. It is a very decent modern browser.

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