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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by jasonkostempski on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @09:48AM (#17968695)
I can't tell if you're joking. Why would you want to use a single-platfrom, closed-source browser? We've been there, done that. You say you use Chrome and FF for cross platform features so you must have cross platform concerns. Anything they do to encourage developers and users to support it would be a huge step backwards for the world.
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Re:Microsoft intercepting Firefox, Chrome installation on Wi... by woodrowbarlow on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @10:17AM (#17969000)
closed-sourced problems aside, a common plugin ecosystem is really all most users would need to feel at home (if those plugins sync data between installations). if i have my password manager available in two browsers, it doesn't matter much that the "back" button looks a little different on my phone versus my laptop.

i still won't use edge personally, but for other reasons.

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