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> Someone made a Bing2Google extension for Chrome ... Edge's extension ecosystem is a walled garden. When it comes to browsers, I prefer freedom over performanc

> Someone made a Bing2Google extension for Chrome ... Edge's extension ecosystem is a walled garden. When it comes to browsers, I prefer freedom over performance and efficiency. Maybe I'm reading your comment wrong, but to me it seems like 1. you use Google Chrome and 2. Google search. If so, how are these not walled gardens? How do these promote freedom? I'm not sure I see how those are any better. If I misread your comment and you use actual free software for browsing the internet (which leaves you at Firefox and seemingly only Firefox), please have me and my comment excused :)

taneq 10y ago
The difference here is that the user chose to walk into those gardens, and can walk out at any time (although I don't use Chrome - is it possible to change the search client?). It's not like Edge forcing them to use Bing.
- josteink 10y ago
  But nobody is forcing them to use Edge or Bing anymore than they were forced to use Goolge (which forces Google search on you). There's absolutely nothing to these claims.
  - sp332 10y ago
    Cortana will only open links in Edge, so it is forced.
    - scholia 10y ago
      See my comment below...
  - Sephr 10y ago
    Cortana forces both Edge and Bing on you.
    - scholia 10y ago
      You're not forced to use Cortana, but it's an integrated AI-based assistant, like Google Now or Siri. Bing provides the back end and stores personalization info for cross-platform use. You can use your browser of choice in Windows 10, and your search engine of choice. Nothing forces you to use either Edge or Bing. If you choose to use Cortana then you are asking Microsoft to deliver a different type of service, which it does. Apple and Google control their own back-end systems in exactly the same way, and Siri also "forces" you to use Bing (among other things) without asking or telling you.
- sp332 10y ago
  Yeah, Chrome ships with 12 search engines that you can pick from the settings menu (in the US version at least), and you can add custom ones too.
  - scholia 10y ago
    QUOTED You can change the default search engine to any site that uses OpenSearch technology. In Microsoft Edge, first go to the website of the search engine you want. Then, select More actions (...) > Settings, scroll down, select View advanced settings, scroll down again, and then select Change search engine. Select your search engine's website in the list, and then select Set as default. If you don't see your search engine in the list, make sure that you've visited the search engine's website in Microsoft Edge, and that your search engine uses OpenSearch technology. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/instantanswers/390c87f8-911e-47a3-adca-c80a1e4076ca/change-the-default-search-engine-in-microsoft-edge https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/instantanswers/390c87f8-...
    - sp332 10y ago
      That is not the question I was replying to.

taneq 10y ago

The difference here is that the user chose to walk into those gardens, and can walk out at any time (although I don't use Chrome - is it possible to change the search client?). It's not like Edge forcing them to use Bing.

josteink 10y ago
But nobody is forcing them to use Edge or Bing anymore than they were forced to use Goolge (which forces Google search on you). There's absolutely nothing to these claims.
- sp332 10y ago
  Cortana will only open links in Edge, so it is forced.
  - scholia 10y ago
    See my comment below...
- Sephr 10y ago
  Cortana forces both Edge and Bing on you.
  - scholia 10y ago
    You're not forced to use Cortana, but it's an integrated AI-based assistant, like Google Now or Siri. Bing provides the back end and stores personalization info for cross-platform use. You can use your browser of choice in Windows 10, and your search engine of choice. Nothing forces you to use either Edge or Bing. If you choose to use Cortana then you are asking Microsoft to deliver a different type of service, which it does. Apple and Google control their own back-end systems in exactly the same way, and Siri also "forces" you to use Bing (among other things) without asking or telling you.
sp332 10y ago
Yeah, Chrome ships with 12 search engines that you can pick from the settings menu (in the US version at least), and you can add custom ones too.
- scholia 10y ago
  QUOTED You can change the default search engine to any site that uses OpenSearch technology. In Microsoft Edge, first go to the website of the search engine you want. Then, select More actions (...) > Settings, scroll down, select View advanced settings, scroll down again, and then select Change search engine. Select your search engine's website in the list, and then select Set as default. If you don't see your search engine in the list, make sure that you've visited the search engine's website in Microsoft Edge, and that your search engine uses OpenSearch technology. https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/instantanswers/390c87f8-911e-47a3-adca-c80a1e4076ca/change-the-default-search-engine-in-microsoft-edge https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/instantanswers/390c87f8-...
  - sp332 10y ago
    That is not the question I was replying to.