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Microsoft is trying a new way to stop users from downloading Google Chrome. If you open the Chrome download page in Microsoft Edge, you may see a new banner at the top. This version looks different from the usual prompts that ask users to stay with Edge.

I'm curious, what if I download Firefox from Edge? 🤔

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[–] nil@piefed.ca 36 points 6 hours ago (5 children)

I had chances to peek into some of my friends' laptop and was surprised how many of them are using Edge. MS's strategy looks pretty stupid, but it's actually working.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 44 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I see no reason to use chrome over edge. I’m a Firefox guy these days, but if I have to use a chromium browser, I’m using edge.

[–] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 16 points 6 hours ago (3 children)
[–] Eldritch@piefed.world 13 points 5 hours ago

Well, assuming that you are on windows, it's a whole extra step.

[–] cyborganism@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 hours ago

Same shit, different color logo.

[–] deranger@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

Edge is already installed for the half dozen times a year I need to specifically use a chromium-based browser.

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

Might I suggest vivaldi

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 25 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

shrug any major benefits of google branded chromium over microsoft branded chromium are a moot point to me since google curb stomped fully functional adblocking extensions.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 11 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

People have always defaulted to the... default.

Whether that is safari on a mac or internet explorer, and now edge, on windows. And if you are already going to deal with chromium's bullshit... edge is perfectly fine.

[–] Decq@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

So how do you explain the chrome dominance? Did I miss something and the dominant os is chrome os this last decade ?

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 8 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

I prefer Edge over Chrome, and if I had to choose one, Edge is definitely better. But gladly I don't have to choose one and never will. Been with Vivaldi for years after switching off FF.

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 3 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Could you tell me what you like about Vivaldi over Firefox? Or what advantages it has? Genuinely curious.

[–] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 4 hours ago

I'm not the person you were replying to, but I enjoy Vivaldi's tab grouping and window splitting features, specifically. The fact that they haven't been actively trying to shove AI down my throat is also a plus.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (3 children)

It’s working because a lot of people are pretty stupid.

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 8 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's working because Edge isn't IE and it's actually a decent browser. It's just Microsoft chromium instead of Google chromium.

Yeah, but chrome/chromium is relegated to trash-tier now, due to the introduction of manifest v3 and the blacklisting of uBlock Origin.

[–] nullroot@lemmy.world 2 points 5 hours ago

As far as chromium based browsers go, edge is actually one of the best. I have a portable degoogled chromium I keep locked in a vault myself, but that's only because I ripped edge out of windows. If I wasn't the type of person that got irrationally furious about edge running in the background using up system resources doing whatever the fuck windows was having to do, I would just use edge when I needed a chromium browser.

[–] BossDj@piefed.social 1 points 6 hours ago

And I'm pretty sure our heavy capitalist model is the main reason