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>Then there's the fact that Edge is just Microsoft's spyware, being worse in my book than Google's Chrome. Out of curiosity, is there any objective proof that

>Then there's the fact that Edge is just Microsoft's spyware, being worse in my book than Google's Chrome. Out of curiosity, is there any objective proof that Microsoft-Edge is worse for privacy than Google-Chrome, or is it just a subjective "Google=Good Microsoft=Bad" feeling?

bad_user 3y ago
I already answered your question in the post you're replying to.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  But that wasn't an objective analysis, that's just your highly opinionated opinion with which I found some flaws in, as in you're wrong about several statements. >Google's Chrome does not do this, and searching on google.com only asks for sharing of data with Google itself. You mean sharing your data with Google THE ad-company which then shares your data to advertisers? How is that any more private? >And in true Microsoft spirit, it also has telemetry, which you can't turn off. Same as Chrome on this front. >And Edge is hard-coded to use Bing. No it's not, you can change it. https://www.google.com/homepage/search/sp-edge-p.html https://www.google.com/homepage/search/sp-edge-p.html Nothing wrong with having a strong opininated opinion on a matter, but you can't just sell it as objective facts.
  - tentacleuno 3y ago
    > No it's not, you can change it. Aside from the big blue Bing button in the user-chrome (and the MS sidebar), and the fact that switching your search engine in Edge involves jumping through a surprising amount of hoops, as opposed to Chrom[ium/e]. I haven't counted the number of steps, but it's definitely more than Chromium-based browsers -- they seem to have intentionally buried it in Settings (it's right at the bottom of one of the pages), and you get a ton of "Bing is great!" messaging when you do finally figure out how to switch it. P.S. That demo you linked shows an outdated version of Edge.
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    - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
      >switching your search engine in Edge involves jumping through a surprising amount of hoops Settings -> Privacy, search and services -> Address bar and search 3 steps are "jumping through a surprising amount of hoops" for you?
      - jve 3y ago
        In the past, one would right click on omnibar/searchbar/addressbar and modify search engines from there... Now it really takes a search within settings to find it - and it takes prior knowledge that these things are possible :) TLDR: I use Edge as my primary browser.

bad_user 3y ago

I already answered your question in the post you're replying to.

FirmwareBurner 3y ago
But that wasn't an objective analysis, that's just your highly opinionated opinion with which I found some flaws in, as in you're wrong about several statements. >Google's Chrome does not do this, and searching on google.com only asks for sharing of data with Google itself. You mean sharing your data with Google THE ad-company which then shares your data to advertisers? How is that any more private? >And in true Microsoft spirit, it also has telemetry, which you can't turn off. Same as Chrome on this front. >And Edge is hard-coded to use Bing. No it's not, you can change it. https://www.google.com/homepage/search/sp-edge-p.html https://www.google.com/homepage/search/sp-edge-p.html Nothing wrong with having a strong opininated opinion on a matter, but you can't just sell it as objective facts.
- tentacleuno 3y ago
  > No it's not, you can change it. Aside from the big blue Bing button in the user-chrome (and the MS sidebar), and the fact that switching your search engine in Edge involves jumping through a surprising amount of hoops, as opposed to Chrom[ium/e]. I haven't counted the number of steps, but it's definitely more than Chromium-based browsers -- they seem to have intentionally buried it in Settings (it's right at the bottom of one of the pages), and you get a ton of "Bing is great!" messaging when you do finally figure out how to switch it. P.S. That demo you linked shows an outdated version of Edge.
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  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    >switching your search engine in Edge involves jumping through a surprising amount of hoops Settings -> Privacy, search and services -> Address bar and search 3 steps are "jumping through a surprising amount of hoops" for you?
    - jve 3y ago
      In the past, one would right click on omnibar/searchbar/addressbar and modify search engines from there... Now it really takes a search within settings to find it - and it takes prior knowledge that these things are possible :) TLDR: I use Edge as my primary browser.