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What does Microsoft hope to accomplish with Edge? Two competing ideas: 1. Edge means giving up: Edge is rebranded Chrome, MS merely hopes to reap seigniorage f
by millstone 6y ago
What does Microsoft hope to accomplish with Edge? Two competing ideas:
1. Edge means giving up: Edge is rebranded Chrome, MS merely hopes to reap seigniorage from Bing as the default homepage
2. Edge means doubling down: MS wants to focus its efforts on differentiating features like privacy or Windows integration, where Google is at a disadvantage
They are pushing Edge hard so #1 doesn't seem plausible, but #2 would be a coup, and inevitably lead to a fork, like WebKit/Blink.
- rabuse 6y agoData harvesting.
- hyperdimension 6y agoSounds right to me. With the direction Windows 10 has been/is taking, the suggestion of 'differentiating features like privacy' (unfortunately) make me laugh. Microsoft hit that sweet, sweet data vein and can't turn away.