Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windows 11

Re:Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windo... by watermelon0 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @04:00PM (#28226338)

I'm curious if this really helps them retain a measurable number of users.

Basically, Edge is as good as Chrome (each has minor improvements/features that are not present in the other one), so I don't see that the average user would want to change it without a good reason.

The only reason for change would be if they want to take advantage of Chrome sync to their existing profile, or use Chromecast, in which case I doubt they would stick with Edge, regardless of the number of dialogs that they need to confirm/bypass.

For others, that prefer Chrome/Firefox/Brave/etc. for some reason, it's clear that they won't switch in any case.

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Re:Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windo... by flyingchipmann on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @06:10PM (#28227784)

The only reason I use Edge is because that it's basically the best free PDF reader/annotation tool I found for light study. I'd love to switch to another one if there is a better choice

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Re:Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windo... by jhanschoo on Thursday August 19, 2021 @07:40AM (#28232626)

For a user that doesn't prefer any product, the mere annoyance of Win 10's prompts can be reason enough.

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Re:Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windo... by tomjen3 on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @04:34PM (#28226748)

I think MS just has this reputation of being bad in the browser space. IE has been so terrible for years, why would I use MS browser.

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Re:Switching from Microsoft Edge gets more annoying in Windo... by tssva on Wednesday August 18, 2021 @05:25PM (#28227384)

You can cast to a Chromecast from Microsoft Edge.

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