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So Chrome is faster. Microsoft said so.



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Maybe I would if Edge wasn't a slow, buggy piece of shit. IE11 wasn't the best, but it was at least usable. Edge is worthless as a browser. I wish I could remove it.



What's the point of Edge?

I only use cross-platform browsers. I want my passwords/bookmarks synced automatically on all of my devices. Hassle-free.

If MS is desperate to get more people to use Edge, they should port it to the devices people use the most. Android and iOS.



Am I the only one who is annoyed at the OP image having a URL as part of their desktop background advertising where it came from? not sure I would have issues with an OS that offers me a advert/tip popping up while I'm happy to have a website url on my desktop background :S



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Imaginedvl said:
vivster said:

If it is a known fact then why do they feel the need to pester a user with this notification? And if they have done the tests why are they too shy to make them available to said pstered user right away?

It might be their own OS but this is shady behavior at best and a crime at worst.

Google, Apple, Sony, etc. They are all promoting their own products (as well as others) on their own platform. 

But if Microsoft is doing; it is a crime now? 

Just stop.

Sony doesn't promote its PS4 by saying it offers 40% more power over Xbox one. In fact, it's extremely rare for any company that sells products to even mention another brand, Microsoft is absolutely one of the biggest offenders of this - Phil talks about Sony all the time, to the point where I've thought to myself on numerous occasions that he probably has paranoia and self esteem issues. I would too if I had the resources of Microsoft and still couldn't win a console generation lol.

 

And, to elaborate on your previous post, W10 is not a free update. In many documented cases, it was a forced update where the user was not asked for permission (and now it even costs money). They went so far as to change what the "X" does on that upgrade pop up - instead of it meaning close out of the pop up, they changed it to mean "yes go ahead and upgrade" which is EXTREMELY deceptive considering "X" has unanimously used to mean "exit" or "close" since PCs have been on the mass market. Not only do you have those kinds of problems, but then, after MS stopped pushing W10 out for free they mandated an anniversary update (means you have to download it) that stripped away a slew of admin rights such as disabling the store front or stopping push applications from downloading. 

 

There's a lot more behind the steps they've taken with W10. If you can't see how it's bad, you're either a full on liar or you're extremely ignorant and I'm not going to sit here and spell things out for you, but

 

Tl;dr - it's not normal or acceptable for a company that essentially holds a monopoly over a market to coerce people into their product with or without their permission, and then leverage that monopoly to cripple other companies in different markets (in this case the web browser market).



firefox ftw



Ultr said:
firefox ftw

My thoughts exactly!



Imaginedvl said:
ArchangelMadzz said:
Even if that's true. Lasts 36% longer, for 36% longer loading times.

With this statement; we can clearly see that you never used Edge as it is loading faster than Chrome most of the time.

1. It was a joke.

2. Chrome is still faster https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWUZDPrfOcI



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LurkerJ said:
What's the point of Edge?

I only use cross-platform browsers. I want my passwords/bookmarks synced automatically on all of my devices. Hassle-free.

If MS is desperate to get more people to use Edge, they should port it to the devices people use the most. Android and iOS.

Me too, my main browser is Firefox for at least two reasons, the first is that it's the one that can open the highest number of windows and tabs without becoming excessively slow and slowing the system down, the second is that I can share the same user account very easily amongst different OS' also locally, without the need of online services. In the past there were other reasons too, not being tied to the OS too tightly, when FF crashed it didn't make Windows crash with it too, unlike IE, and it was a lot safer too, as IE used to store sensible user data without user's permission in the file index.dat.
Chrome is my secondary browser, I keep it cleaner, with less extensions and plugins and I open a lot fewer windows and tabs with it, If I opened more than 100 tabs with Chrome like I do with FF, the system would crawl to a halt.
Nevertheless I still like Chrome a lot more than any MS browser I ever tried.



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