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Yeah about this, I never 'got' why Microsoft expected people to jump on Edge all of a sudden when they rebased it on Chromium. Basically they admitted they can
by GekkePrutser 6y ago
Yeah about this, I never 'got' why Microsoft expected people to jump on Edge all of a sudden when they rebased it on Chromium.
Basically they admitted they can't make a decent browser that people want, then they re-skin someone else's work and suddenly expect us to want it more than the one they copied? How does that even make sense. Who would pick a mod kit over a real Ferrari.
Apart from people not caring about the engine, Microsoft has a very bad history in the browsing arena which is why I (and many others) don't trust them anymore. I don't want them to become big again in the browser market. We already know what happens then: years of stagnation, platform lock-in, no interest in security. And no, they haven't changed their tune, the same is still happening with MS Office where they still own a de facto monopoly.
Of course what plays into this for me as well is that I don't like Chrome either so I stay with Firefox anyway. But the pressure Microsoft are exerting at work to move everything to Edge is annoying.
- wmf 6y agoMost people don't know or care what engine is in Edge, so the message of "now more compatible" (which is probably true) sounds good.
- GekkePrutser 6y agoTrue but compatibility was never really an issue AFAIK. I didn't use the old edge much but I knew some staunch supporters and they never complained about it :) I always use Firefox and even though it's not perfect I've never seen it break a site unless it's done on purpose by the site itself (like Apple's business portal that refuses to support Firefox).