Considering Microsoft recently added ads to the Windows 10 login screen, I wouldn't hold my breath on Edge coming with an ad blocker out of the box.
EDIT: Downvotes? Really this is factually accurate:
http://lifehacker.com/windows-10-is-showing-ads-on-your-lock...
Re:Why we challenge Microsoft’s battery test
by JoBrad on Thursday June 23, 2016 @06:41PM
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The article you linked to specifically talks about how easy it is to turn them off.
I knew someone would make this lame excuse. That's like saying "Hey if you don't want me to take a shit on your sandwich it's really easy to order it without the shit."
Re:Why we challenge Microsoft’s battery test
by CoryG89 on Friday June 24, 2016 @10:29AM
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OP never claimed it wasn't easy to turn them off.
The thing is, ad blocker is disabled by default in Opera.
Re:Why we challenge Microsoft’s battery test
by cordite on Thursday June 23, 2016 @01:27PM
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How would that fair with Bing's ad network?
Re:Why we challenge Microsoft’s battery test
by tremon on Thursday June 23, 2016 @01:54PM
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How is that the user's problem?
Re:Why we challenge Microsoft’s battery test
by niftich on Thursday June 23, 2016 @02:29PM
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It's not, but it's Microsoft's problem. The reason Edge exists is to try to win back market share from Chrome. The reason Chrome exists is to perpetuate the Google ecosystem by making Google offerings cross-platform, but more importantly Chrome-platform -- not just Google ads.
But you're right, Microsoft will have to decide which one is more important: driving ad eyeballs to Microsoft properties at the expense of Google properties -- or -- decreasing the share of users using Chrome and by proxy, the attractiveness of Google's integrated cloud email/drive/docs offerings.
But there's no reason anyone should be running a browser without an ad-blocker in the first place. Edge should have a lightweight ad-blocker built-in by default.