Discussion Microsoft backtracking on their efforts to push people into using Edge in Windows 11

[alceryes]

https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/3/22815209/microsoft-windows-11-default-browser-button-changes

Seems that users DON'T want to be pushed into using one particular browser over another. Imagine that.

 

[zesun]

Good. That whole process was dumb.
Just make a good standardized browser and people will use it...

 

[Colif]

Just make a good standardized browser and people will use it...

They tried that with edge, its based on Chromium, like almost every other browser out there.
No one cared

Glad they fixed the defaults screen, it should have been there from the start.

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Well let me tell you what I’ve noticed I’ve switch to edge because chrome was running all kinds of spyware software reporting tool and all kinds of BS snoop where that I don’t approve of. I uninstalled it. And deleted all data related to Google on my system. And now my system is nice and quiet the fans aren’t running at 100% and my CPU isn’t running all the time because Google isn’t snooping around anymore. I’m not going back to google ever it’ll be somebody else’s browser but it won’t be there‘s. People think Microsoft is bad those retards are way worse

my tiny little PC normally sits there 99% of the time not making a sound because of how I use it and I noticed that with Google Chrome installed it was always becoming audible and when I would check what’s going on it’s chrome that’s running something so they’re out and they’re not being let back in

 

[Deleted member 14196]

Edge is way faster At navigating and viewing all the websites I deal with at work so I have a no incentive to ever go back to chrome

 

[Colif]

I mostly use Firefox now but default depends on what win 11 decides to use, its set to chrome since it kept defaults I had from 10, but some things load as Edge. I wonder if they stop search using Edge or just set it as default for other things.

 

[alceryes]

Firefox all the way. In strict privacy mode with enhanced privacy settings toggled under about:config. Add to that the best content filter out there (Raymond Hill's uBlock Origins) and you're gold.
I do use Edge 3-5 times a month for those poorly programmed sites that totally break when any kind of filtering is enabled, but that's it.

If, from it's inception, Microsoft just offered Edge as an alternate browser, didn't try to push or trick people into using it, and instead, spent that advertisement money on actually making a better browser, more people would probably be using it today.
Manufacturers still need to realize that the absolute worst way to get someone to use their product is to try and force or trick them into doing it.

 

[zesun]

They tried that with edge, its based on Chromium, like almost every other browser out there.
No one cared

Glad they fixed the defaults screen, it should have been there from the start.

I know.
People did care though, until they tried it and was turned of by the same mistakes ms has made in the past with browsers. And forcing people to use it is never a good idea.

Being based on chromium was a great start though, at least we are one step closer to never having to cater to IE's exceptional lack of standards.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I always remove Edge.

 

[COLGeek]

Edge is a good backup browser, especially for those that use others and tend to dork up their browser settings/add-ons/extensions.

Just because it is installed, doesn't mean you have to use it.

 

[JeffreyP55]

https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/3/22815209/microsoft-windows-11-default-browser-button-changes

Seems that users DON'T want to be pushed into using one particular browser over another. Imagine that.

I have been happily using Firefox for years. No upgrade to win11 for me unless MS came to there senses. Take your Chrome, Edge, Opera........ if you like that garbage.

 

[JeffreyP55]

https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/3/22815209/microsoft-windows-11-default-browser-button-changes

Seems that users DON'T want to be pushed into using one particular browser over another. Imagine that.

I decided not to do a fresh install. Kept all my settings and such. My modified host file, Firefox is still my default browser, for now. Much crisper than win10 at least in my mind.