Microsoft dangles $1 million prizes and Mercedes-AMG cars inside Edge as persistent pop-ups potentially spark fresh “bribery” backlash.
Awwww, silly little Microsoft is upset the browser monopoly isn’t theirs
Native persistent pop-up that doesn’t go away and stays on multiple tabs is truly the best way to advertisme your browser /s
This disease is simply testing AI systems on your browsing data. It’s trying to collect data from your services and analyze it with AI. That’s all. If something is offering you big rewards, free services, or discounts, it’s probably using you as material for its services.
Oh man, I needed that. A good belly shaking laugh.
Does Edge support Linux? Actually, never mind. I’m good.
I have edge installed on my steam deck, I used it to play bf6 on game pass before they jacked up the price last year.
Yes but they do zero tests on the build, if it compiles, it ships. For example it crashes if you try to open a file dialog and the copilot button is not working and can’t be hidden
Should you ever feel the urge to do something wild and stupid: yes, actually Microsoft offers an official Linux version of Edge.
Currently, for some inexplicable reason, Teams calls are broken on my Debian Trixie in all browsers except edge. I suspect foul play.
Use Ferdium. Works flawlessly.
That’s crazy. It must just be super easy considering it’s chromium now.
Hey Microsoft, how about innovating instead? Edge is a Chrome engine browser like dozens of others out there. Why not write a new browser engine to give customers a choice? Or at worst, how about contract with Apple to license Webkit bringing a third solid choice for a browser engine to Windows. You’re not going to out-Chrome Google Chrome browser, so stop trying.
Literally, one of the richest companies in the world and can’t figure this out.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and play the devil’s advocate. Edge actually makes a lot of optimisations and improvements that are merged into upstream chrome. While Microsoft is the shady corp that is forcing the ai garbage and data collection, the Devs are actually very competent.
Edge has one huge benefit which causes me to use it across Windows, Linux and even android and that is extension support on all even mobile. No other chrome based android browser has mobile extensions and a competent or seamless sync both figured out. I like being able to check something on my phone and seamlessly pick it up on any other device.
I like Vivaldi’s workflow but they have yet to add mobile extensions.
You want another version of IE?
I’d need a reason to use Edge. If it used a different browser engine, that would be a compelling reason.
Did you use IE when it was still around? Edge is their “new” offering, because of how terrible their own engine was. Moving back to their own engine would be a step backwards.
Bro yapping about something he knows fuck all about. MS has contributed a ton to upstream Chromium, from page rendering improvements to improved efficiency for battery consumption.
Not about to listen to supposed expertise from a comment that begins with “Bro yapping”, lmfaooo
No need to trust. They gave very concrete references that would be easy to check.
Ok boomer
Edge is a Chrome engine browser like dozens of others out there. Why not write a new browser engine to give customers a choice?
they tried that with Edge 1.0
Yeah and the only good thing about it back then was the PDF viewer tbh
They might with a built in ad blocker 🙃
Thats the description of both Vivaldi and Brave browsers, which also haven’t out-Chromed Chrome. Both are Chrome engine with built in ad blockers.
Exactly, the average person using installing browser add-ons. They want a lightweight, simple browser from a familiar brand that just works. Adblocking alone isn’t enough to convince Average Joe to switch, when they don’t even know that adblockers exist.
They’re just making themselves look trashy and desperate.
What might work is making their software better than everyone else’s. But that requires effort and skill and managerial competence.
All of whom Microsoft doesnt posses.
I bet they still have some good devs who are continually thwarted by management.
Yeah the Power Toys devs seem solid
Ye, ofc. Just let the good devs cook!
Just imagining Clippy in front of a cracked mirror, “jessss a little more rouge and you can’t have too much mascara…”
https://quokk.au/c/clips/p/784512/nice-hat
You can always trust AI for fashion advice.
Would you fuck me? I’d fuck me. - Clippy
But if we are being honest, if you don’t care about privacy, it is a good browser. Its better than chrome. You can check the performance of of both on the same machine. It also has better pdf rendering.
It’s trash. It front pages clickbait and bullshit, has no privacy, and with so many other options why bother?
I am not saying you should use it, i was addressing app quality. The original commenter wasn’t talking about business practices but app quality. Which is why isaid “privacy aside”. Privavcy is very important and i would never have someone use chrome or edge but that wasnt the topic.
You could paint it gold with premium genuine alpaca leather interiors, and I would still not use it.
It’s only function is to download a better browser.
He didn’t say it was the best, only that it was better than Chrome.
You don’t need it for that.
winget install Mozilla.Firefox.enalthough microsoft even stole winget :-(
Was an interesting read. Ty :)
Always learning. Thanks!
Eyo who’s got a botnet? I have an idea
What’s the small print? Edge is already a requirement for me at work.
We started to use ad blockers in the early 2000s because no one could trust they were the 999,999 visitor to the website.
It sounded (and stills sounds) scammy.
It started with pop-up blockers.
Opera was the first major browser to incorporate tools to block pop-up ads; the Mozilla browser later improved on this by blocking only pop-ups generated as the page loads.[citation needed] In the early 2000s, all major web browsers except Internet Explorer let users block unwanted pop-ups almost completely. In 2004, Microsoft released Windows XP SP2, which added pop-up blocking to Internet Explorer. -Wikipedia
Let me guess… Existing users are excluded from participating? Cause I ain’t got no pop up banner anywhere. Or is cause I’m European?
You’re not as much excluded as not included (in the shortlist. Are you a relative to gates?).
Would I be here with a free account if I were? ✌️
Checkout Heluim Browser (GitHub) instead, but keep in mind that they don’t have auto-update. But you can add their windows GitHub repo to your RSS reader to be alerted of any new updates: https://github.com/imputnet/helium-windows/releases.atom
Edit 1:… Why am I being downvoted?
It looks like they have automatic updates by now
Are you sure?
I downloaded it 2 weeks ago and it had no auto updates warning.
I went with custom setup and all the options were there
On Windows?
Yep
I dunno? You had my upvote but I didn’t follow the link. No auto update. RSS reader? :) The typo?
I’ll now go give it a peek 😉
Microsoft is a very large lumbering giant that seems to lack a cohesive vision forward, especially on the consumer front. Every single piece of consumer facing software lacks a cohesive design language, and seems to be regressing in usability. No one is truly primed to replace them yet in either the corporate or consumer businesses however, something like the MacBook Neo can certainly take a few points of market share away from the standard consumer
This is what happens when they get MBAs in charge. Same thing happened at Apple. The original guy with a vision in charge (Gates, Jobs) goes away and the company suffers for it.
What vission did Gates have beyond using money to crush competition? Being a pedophile?
At the time of Gates, they wanted to monopolize the operating system market because that was the way to lock people in. People owned hardware and in order to make the most money your needs your OS to be their platform so they had no choice but to pay you.
Now in 2026 everyone’s OS is Chrome. So the goal is to make everyone depend on your cloud storage, on your productivity suite, on your chatbot, your automation platform, your cloud database. Then you give them just a state and then rent it to them in perpetuity.
This is why they don’t mind making RAM too expensive. Drives people to inexpensive devices and subscriptions for services for the hardware they can no longer afford and don’t have the skills to maintain.
Don’t forget jumping over office chairs
Steal the best parts of every other system, make Windows easy to develop for, and corner the business market.
Well, cars suck and 1million would be nice but still won’t but me a home where I live.
Not the Onion?
