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how is it great? it's a shittier version of Chrome laden with more telemetry, ads, coupon bullshit and abusive "pay later" schemes standard Microsoft

rejectfinite 5y ago
The vertical tabs are great and are actually native. Only browser that does 4k Netflix. Fast and least resource/battery use on Windows. Ublock origin still works. Yes, Firefox is my first choice. But Edge is actually good.
- dotancohen 5y ago
  > The vertical tabs are great and are actually native. Vertical tabs? I'm off to try it, on my Kubuntu machine. I don't like Vivaldi's vertical tabs, but I love Tree-Style Tabs on Firefox.
  - rejectfinite 5y ago
    There is no tree style function, its "just" a list. https://www.howtogeek.com/718693/how-to-use-vertical-tabs-in-microsoft-edge/ https://www.howtogeek.com/718693/how-to-use-vertical-tabs-in...
    - dotancohen 5y ago
      Still better than standard Chrome, which if I understand correctly cannot implement any vertical tabs because of the lack of side pane. But yes, the killer feature of TST is the tree function.
- npteljes 5y ago
  >Only browser that does 4k Netflix. Unfortunately that's a business decision, not a testament to the greatness of Edge. The different browsers and properties of the PC constitute a "security level" in the DRM module, and Netflix ties its offerings to the different security levels. You could say that with IE, you have the least control over your Netflix stream and that's why they let you play their content in 4k. Nevertheless, Edge could be a good browser otherwise. What I wanted to point out is only the point about 4k Netflix. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widevine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widevine
sp332 5y ago
Vertical tabs, reader mode, tracker blocker, better bookmark management, read-aloud feature.
- Godel_unicode 5y ago
  Not to mention defender application guard, which lets you with two clicks launch a browser tab in a separate VM for isolation.
Godel_unicode 5y ago
Has anyone done a rigorous comparison between the on-by-default telemetry in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox? Since they all have it and all use similar words, I'm curious what the differences really are (outside of ideological preference for who gets your data).
- freediver 5y ago
  Yes. https://brave.com/popular-browsers-first-run/ https://brave.com/popular-browsers-first-run/ They concluded Brave was the "best" with "only" 80 calls home. As a maker of a zero telemetry browser, I can only chuckle at that. https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#privacy https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#privacy

rejectfinite 5y ago

The vertical tabs are great and are actually native. Only browser that does 4k Netflix. Fast and least resource/battery use on Windows. Ublock origin still works. Yes, Firefox is my first choice. But Edge is actually good.

dotancohen 5y ago
> The vertical tabs are great and are actually native. Vertical tabs? I'm off to try it, on my Kubuntu machine. I don't like Vivaldi's vertical tabs, but I love Tree-Style Tabs on Firefox.
- rejectfinite 5y ago
  There is no tree style function, its "just" a list. https://www.howtogeek.com/718693/how-to-use-vertical-tabs-in-microsoft-edge/ https://www.howtogeek.com/718693/how-to-use-vertical-tabs-in...
  - dotancohen 5y ago
    Still better than standard Chrome, which if I understand correctly cannot implement any vertical tabs because of the lack of side pane. But yes, the killer feature of TST is the tree function.
npteljes 5y ago
>Only browser that does 4k Netflix. Unfortunately that's a business decision, not a testament to the greatness of Edge. The different browsers and properties of the PC constitute a "security level" in the DRM module, and Netflix ties its offerings to the different security levels. You could say that with IE, you have the least control over your Netflix stream and that's why they let you play their content in 4k. Nevertheless, Edge could be a good browser otherwise. What I wanted to point out is only the point about 4k Netflix. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widevine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widevine

sp332 5y ago

Vertical tabs, reader mode, tracker blocker, better bookmark management, read-aloud feature.

Godel_unicode 5y ago
Not to mention defender application guard, which lets you with two clicks launch a browser tab in a separate VM for isolation.

Godel_unicode 5y ago

Has anyone done a rigorous comparison between the on-by-default telemetry in Chrome, Edge, and Firefox? Since they all have it and all use similar words, I'm curious what the differences really are (outside of ideological preference for who gets your data).

freediver 5y ago
Yes. https://brave.com/popular-browsers-first-run/ https://brave.com/popular-browsers-first-run/ They concluded Brave was the "best" with "only" 80 calls home. As a maker of a zero telemetry browser, I can only chuckle at that. https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#privacy https://browser.kagi.com/faq.html#privacy