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Just one man's opinion here but on these- It pushes Microsoft accounts I use it on my work machine without an account, and there's no push that I could ever s

Just one man's opinion here but on these- It pushes Microsoft accounts I use it on my work machine without an account, and there's no push that I could ever see. Seems about the same on that front as anything else, including Firefox. I also have a Firefox account. I do use a MS account on my personal Edge install. and affiliated products super hard. You would think this is a negative, but it opened my eyes and saved me a lot of money. In fact, Edge's shopping features were something I wish I had for years prior. I liked it enough that I went looking for best-in-class options, and ended up installing Honey. I now rely on both Honey and Edge's shopping features to save me money. I would go so far as to say if I had to leave Edge and use a browser without Edge's shopping features, I'd be one of the features pulling me back to Edge.

AlexandrB 4y ago
Honey is a tracker you willingly install[1]. If that doesn't concern you, I can understand why the privacy features of Firefox aren't too appealing either. [1] https://www.datarequests.org/blog/honey-data-collection/ https://www.datarequests.org/blog/honey-data-collection/ Edit: When did we stop calling this stuff "spyware"? When it became widespread enough to no longer be remarkable?
- BuckRogers 4y ago
  I used Firefox for 19 years without wavering. Honey does require information for their services. It saves me hundreds of dollars which is very real to me. Do you use any Google products? I wouldn't cast stones from a glass house. I keep Tor Browser installed at all times for best-in-class privacy alongside Edge. It blows away Firefox on that front. If I wanted to make the tradeoffs for a more privacy-oriented daily browser, I wouldn't reach for Firefox in 2022. I'd use Brave.
syberiyxx 4y ago
wussboy 4y ago
The other day I tried to open Quick Assist to help my elderly father find out where his email was. Couldn't access it without signing in to a Microsoft account. That's not the exact situation you're referencing, but speaks to the length and breadth of the effort MS is undertaking to force you to log in to MS.
- BuckRogers 4y ago
  I've never used Quick Assist, first time I've heard of it actually. It looks like there's two versions, the preinstalled one and the MS Store version which the preinstalled version points you to. I've always used and recommended Teamviewer for this sort of stuff. I can't say I fault MS on that one, but people will any way without thinking about it. They're providing a service. Teamviewer certainly requires an account.

AlexandrB 4y ago

Honey is a tracker you willingly install[1]. If that doesn't concern you, I can understand why the privacy features of Firefox aren't too appealing either. [1] https://www.datarequests.org/blog/honey-data-collection/ https://www.datarequests.org/blog/honey-data-collection/ Edit: When did we stop calling this stuff "spyware"? When it became widespread enough to no longer be remarkable?

BuckRogers 4y ago
I used Firefox for 19 years without wavering. Honey does require information for their services. It saves me hundreds of dollars which is very real to me. Do you use any Google products? I wouldn't cast stones from a glass house. I keep Tor Browser installed at all times for best-in-class privacy alongside Edge. It blows away Firefox on that front. If I wanted to make the tradeoffs for a more privacy-oriented daily browser, I wouldn't reach for Firefox in 2022. I'd use Brave.

syberiyxx 4y ago

wussboy 4y ago

The other day I tried to open Quick Assist to help my elderly father find out where his email was. Couldn't access it without signing in to a Microsoft account. That's not the exact situation you're referencing, but speaks to the length and breadth of the effort MS is undertaking to force you to log in to MS.

BuckRogers 4y ago
I've never used Quick Assist, first time I've heard of it actually. It looks like there's two versions, the preinstalled one and the MS Store version which the preinstalled version points you to. I've always used and recommended Teamviewer for this sort of stuff. I can't say I fault MS on that one, but people will any way without thinking about it. They're providing a service. Teamviewer certainly requires an account.