It's a decent browser, but half the reason people hate it is because MS tries to force it on you. They should let it stand on its own merits then maybe it wouldn't have such a negative reception.

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.

Better than Chrome for sure. Not better than Firefox

It's because Edge is built on Chromium now.

Yeah, I like it too