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It’s unfortunate that MS took Edge down this path. Early on it was among the best of Chrome-cousins and I’d just leave it as the default browser on new Windows

It’s unfortunate that MS took Edge down this path. Early on it was among the best of Chrome-cousins and I’d just leave it as the default browser on new Windows installs, but with all they’ve done to it’s become a solid downgrade and I’m back to installing alternatives.

giancarlostoro 3y ago
I've said this about Windows and I'm sure it applies to Edge. Some marketing person somewhere at Microsoft is looking at the some metric that their OS pulls in and asking the managers of the engineers to get these numbers up. "We must have everyone using Edge. We must have everyone getting Office." Windows isn't an Operating System anymore, its an advertising platform for 1 client, and it's awful when you consider that you're buying an ad / spyware infested OS. The whole, if you're not paying for it, you're the product isn't the case anymore. You're the product no matter what you do. Linux has none of this shenanigans, and even when it does it takes two seconds to turn off, or you know, we call it Android. Edit: Cleaned it up a smidgen and added one sentence.
- pjmlp 3y ago
  Unfortunately this also seems to affect all their GUI offerings, I wouldn't be surprised if the great GUI civil war going on Redmond isn't a side effect from some KPIs fighting for resource allocation.
a_e_k 3y ago
It's crazy. A year ago I changed jobs to a company invested in the MS ecosystem. When I got my Windows machines, I decided to give Edge a fair chance and left it as the default. I gave it a few months, but I'm now back to good old Firefox. (And I'm getting ready to give up on {New,} Outlook and go back to Thunderbird too. I'm sick of the paper cuts and I've wasted so much time fighting it to do what I want.)
DedlySnek 3y ago
> Early on it was among the best of Chrome-cousins and I’d just leave it as the default browser on new Windows installs Yes! I remember installing the leaked version before the official launch and being really impressed on how fast it was. The UI was also a welcome change. But over time they've added so many unwanted features. It just feels so bloated and slower than chrome now.

giancarlostoro 3y ago

I've said this about Windows and I'm sure it applies to Edge. Some marketing person somewhere at Microsoft is looking at the some metric that their OS pulls in and asking the managers of the engineers to get these numbers up. "We must have everyone using Edge. We must have everyone getting Office." Windows isn't an Operating System anymore, its an advertising platform for 1 client, and it's awful when you consider that you're buying an ad / spyware infested OS. The whole, if you're not paying for it, you're the product isn't the case anymore. You're the product no matter what you do. Linux has none of this shenanigans, and even when it does it takes two seconds to turn off, or you know, we call it Android. Edit: Cleaned it up a smidgen and added one sentence.

pjmlp 3y ago
Unfortunately this also seems to affect all their GUI offerings, I wouldn't be surprised if the great GUI civil war going on Redmond isn't a side effect from some KPIs fighting for resource allocation.

a_e_k 3y ago

It's crazy. A year ago I changed jobs to a company invested in the MS ecosystem. When I got my Windows machines, I decided to give Edge a fair chance and left it as the default. I gave it a few months, but I'm now back to good old Firefox. (And I'm getting ready to give up on {New,} Outlook and go back to Thunderbird too. I'm sick of the paper cuts and I've wasted so much time fighting it to do what I want.)

DedlySnek 3y ago

> Early on it was among the best of Chrome-cousins and I’d just leave it as the default browser on new Windows installs Yes! I remember installing the leaked version before the official launch and being really impressed on how fast it was. The UI was also a welcome change. But over time they've added so many unwanted features. It just feels so bloated and slower than chrome now.