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Re:Microsoft buys Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising business by coolso on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @02:14PM (#29728725)
> The Edge push

This is one area I give MS a pass. Google engaged in aggressive Chrome pushing for years, people seem to forget now that it’s so ubiquitous they don’t really need to anymore. It’s good someone is fighting back. Especially since, while I much prefer Firefox, Edge is actually decent.

Re:Microsoft buys Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising business by FearlessNebula on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:02PM (#29729305)
The issue with edge is the underlying browser engine is still chromium. The only reason I use Firefox over something like brave or edge is because I’m trying to advocate against a monopoly chromium browser engine.
Re:Microsoft buys Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising business by mgh2 on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:01PM (#29729300)
I still remember their ads: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCgQDjiotG0

But Chrome had a clear advantage those days compared to other solutions

Microsoft's value proposition? PDF users and memory consumption?

Re:Microsoft buys Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising business by jodrellblank on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:54PM (#29729898)
> "Microsoft's value proposition??"

https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2021/05/21/preview-micro...

"[...] To help these students on their learning journey, we are excited to announce that Microsoft Math Solver will be available as a preview feature starting with Microsoft Edge 91 stable. Microsoft Math Solver allows a student to snap a picture of a math problem – be it handwritten or printed – and get an instant solution with step-by-step instructions to help them learn how to reach the solution on their own."

Built-in vertical tabs? Tab Collections? If you like Chrome as a browser, and don't really care about Google, isn't that better to use the built-in one? "It's not IE11" is value for anyone using "the browser which comes with Windows".

Re:Microsoft buys Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising business by bobthepanda on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @10:48PM (#29733354)
IMO the type of person probably using IE11 out of force of habit, probably also wouldn't notice too much if you switched them to something else by just redoing the icons.

A distressing amount of "I don't use the Internet, I just check my emails" in my old university IT support days.

Re:Microsoft buys Xandr, AT&T’s advanced advertising business by howdydoo on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @03:39PM (#29729705)