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Microsoft accused of malware-like tactics, again, in attempt to push users onto Bing (www.techspot.com)

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[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

The sad thing is that Edge is actually decent, and Bing is also not terrible... E.g. as an user there is absolutely no reason to use Chrome instead, but Microsoft managed to make it seem so annoying with shit like this.

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[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Edge was decent in beta and upon release. I find now though they have slowly been adding in their own features and now it's a browser packed with Microsoft's products.

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

Edge is actually decent

And also it tracks you, same as Chrome.

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

Normies barely know what that means, and don't care.

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[–] sovietknuckles@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

E.g. as an user there is absolutely no reason to use Chrome instead

What do you mean instead? Edge is a Chromium rebrand

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[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Installing Chrome... since Edge is already there. If anything they would have to install Firefox to make a difference.

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[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago*

Chrome is not the same thing as Chromium. It's not a "rebrand", it's a fork.

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[–] Duckef@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 years ago

It's built on chromium.

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