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If you're picking Chrime over Edge for -trust- reasons, then I'm not sure what to say. Both Microsoft and Google are both trust-worthy (I trust them not to pho

If you're picking Chrime over Edge for -trust- reasons, then I'm not sure what to say. Both Microsoft and Google are both trust-worthy (I trust them not to phone home with my bank login details) and untrust-worthy (I expect them to gather as much information about me as possible) to equal degrees. Both want to show me ads. Both want to track my behaviour. It's trivial to point to either and show multiple examples of egregious behaviour. So yeah, if you're choosing Google over Microsoft for -trust- reasons then I have a page of ads for you. The real reason I'm installing Chrome is simply because I use Chrome. It's a browser. My life is too short to waste time deciding which browser to use. They're all good enough. Of course I could switch to Edge. I just couldn't be bothered to.

justinclift 3y ago
Note that the question from MS is about "trying another browser" rather than "trying Chrome". The article itself is about the poll happening when a user tries to download Chrome, but the poll wording and behaviour seem like it may also be happening for other browsers too.
- xcv123 3y ago
  No this is only happening for Chrome. No issues when downloading Firefox or Brave. I tried it on Edge/Win11.
  - justinclift 3y ago
    Interesting. That's good info. :)
  - RetroTechie 3y ago
    > No issues when downloading Firefox or Brave. I tried it on Edge/Win11. Did you file a bug report with MS?
preciousoo 3y ago
Well said, I’ll add that I use chrome because the UI loads snappily on every PC I’ve ran it on. High end to trash boxes. I have never seen edge run smoothly on a consistent basis. In fact I could say the same for most modern win apps.
bruce511 3y ago
I note the typo in the first line, and it's too late to edit now. That was a genuine typo, not a willful misspelling denoting some gnu-like meaning.
- justinclift 3y ago
  Good naming potential though. "Google Crime" has a certain ring to it. ;)
- deafpolygon 3y ago
  I completely missed that- this gave me a real chuckle. Thanks. :)

justinclift 3y ago

Note that the question from MS is about "trying another browser" rather than "trying Chrome". The article itself is about the poll happening when a user tries to download Chrome, but the poll wording and behaviour seem like it may also be happening for other browsers too.

xcv123 3y ago
No this is only happening for Chrome. No issues when downloading Firefox or Brave. I tried it on Edge/Win11.
- justinclift 3y ago
  Interesting. That's good info. :)
- RetroTechie 3y ago
  > No issues when downloading Firefox or Brave. I tried it on Edge/Win11. Did you file a bug report with MS?

preciousoo 3y ago

Well said, I’ll add that I use chrome because the UI loads snappily on every PC I’ve ran it on. High end to trash boxes. I have never seen edge run smoothly on a consistent basis. In fact I could say the same for most modern win apps.

bruce511 3y ago

I note the typo in the first line, and it's too late to edit now. That was a genuine typo, not a willful misspelling denoting some gnu-like meaning.

justinclift 3y ago
Good naming potential though. "Google Crime" has a certain ring to it. ;)
deafpolygon 3y ago
I completely missed that- this gave me a real chuckle. Thanks. :)