Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview

Re:Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview by qxcbr on Monday May 20, 2019 @04:10PM (#19964616)

Right? If you asked me, I'd say that domain "microsoftedgeinsider.com" belongs to some Indian scamming call centre.

For what reason have they purchased that domain instead of hosting it under microsoft.com ?

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Re:Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview by anoncake on Monday May 20, 2019 @04:16PM (#19964690)

Buying a domain was easier than dealing with the MS department of subdomains of microsoft.com?

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Re:Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview by BlackRing on Monday May 20, 2019 @06:23PM (#19965897)

I would have believed that if it were HP. Snark aside, it is unusual behavior coming from Microsoft.

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Re:Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview by technion on Monday May 20, 2019 @10:58PM (#19967272)

I'm having trouble digging it up now but at one point there was a domain associated with promoting Exchange 2003 that Microsoft let go of. It was still linked from all their docs but the new owner had it redirected to a Youtube with a fly fishing tutorial. Strangest hijack I've ever seen.

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Re:Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview by londons_explore on Monday May 20, 2019 @05:27PM (#19965404)

Hosting things under microsoft.com is bad for security. One xss attack anywhere on the domain can steal cookies for the whole domain.

As a web developer, I only want to build to the security level my site needs, not the security needed for Microsoft logins.

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Re:Microsoft’s Edge for Mac browser now available in preview by kevin_thibedeau on Monday May 20, 2019 @06:10PM (#19965804)

They must own the .microsoft TLD.

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