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They also try extremely hard to make you (accidentally) set your default browser to Edge. I occasionally test my web sites/extensions on Edge and I don’t rememb
by oefrha 4y ago
They also try extremely hard to make you (accidentally) set your default browser to Edge. I occasionally test my web sites/extensions on Edge and I don’t remember how many times I’ve told it no. While other browsers ask you whether you want to set them as default, Edge asks you whether you want to use “Microsoft-recommended settings” (paraphrased), stating their true intention only in small print.
Also saw something new recently: got some “tips” in some sort of in-browser notification drawer, again asking to be set as default. Apparently denying synchronous dialogs as you open the browser aren’t enough, you should get nagged asynchronously as well.
Of course, when you check out their recent Bing Chat, you’ll be asked to set the entire Microsoft suite as default, plus installing their mobile apps, so that you can be bumped up in a completely opaque waiting list.
- cosmotic 4y agoAs someone that uses Edge by default, I see Google doing the same thing with Chrome. Various Google properties complain I'm not using Chrome. When I open chrome, it asks about being default... I never see Edge interfering. I switched to Edge and Bing a few years ago and don't at all regret it. Switching was painless, the browser uses much less CPU on windows, it syncs across all devices including mac, all the chrome extensions still work, and search results on bing are better than google in my testing.