The article doesnβt count the popups you get when you try to change your default browser
Thirstily?
with the added trust of Microsoft
Thatβs rich.
Ungoogled Chromium requires so much work to be usable, on top of having no built-in updater. Thatβs a really bad recommendation. Have you looked at the steps to even install widevine? You even have to open up chrome flags to manually install an addon that lets you install add-ons.
I dont really use windows often outside of my work devices these days, but even if I did I wouldnt use edge as a primary browser based on how things rolled with IE6 and active X.
Yeah yeah youre a new friendlier Microsoft, webstandards and html5 are more locked in, and your browser is a chrome fork, and you β<3 Linuxβ. I remember what you are and how you locked down the web when you had a chance. Personally I dont use chrome for the same reason given the direction google has been heading.
But to answer βwhy not Edge?β: because you spent the better part of the last few decades sucking and amoral companies dont deserve the benefit of good faith.