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Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing (www.techradar.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I promise you that unequivocally will not happen

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Windows is telling people their computer is broken if they don’t use Edge.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bing, not Edge.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Ah yeah. You’re right.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

As it stands it’s better than the most popular browser so it’s not impossible

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I have to disagree, edge has been a big ol' joke since it's conception, most non tech literate people see it and go, huh, okay time to download chrome.

Most tech literate people don't like it for the myriad of other problems, i can't think of a single scenario where edge dominates the market

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

It dominates the market in vertical tabs IMO. I tried Vivaldi, Firefox extension, the works. The best-feeling alternative was Safari

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It has performance tweaks over Chrome and doesn’t have Google’s spyware

what about Microsoft’s spyware

Majority of users already subscribe to that by using Windows

Older but is still accurate https://www.yugatech.com/comparisons/microsoft-edge-vs-google-chrome-which-browser-should-you-use/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I said "tech illiterate", most people on here are going to primarily be using Firefox and other smaller competitors, but in the main stream world like it or not chrome is still huge

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes my original statement was that it was a better browser than Chrome

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I use edge at work and Firefox at home. Using edge every work day for 3 years and don't really have many complaints about it. I used to actively avoid it, but after trying it, it doesn't really seem all that bad.

My only gripe is I infrequently have trouble logging into an Ethernet device locally.