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Is there a even a point not to edge anymore when it's based on Chromium? In the past it was customary to just use Microsofts shit browser to download a better browser upon a fresh install because Internet Explorer fucking sucked but there really doesn't seem to be a point anymore now that it just uses a better third party browser engine anyways
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>>108998910
>Is there a even a point not to edge anymore when it's based on Chromium
I use this shit since the time it was available on loonix.
In the last versions (149+) they broke the gpu acceleration. everything lags, from google maps to google earth. youtube drops frames like a mofo.
it affects everything from stable to the dev branch.
microsoft is incompetent.
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>>108998910
I like it. In fact it’s the best browser I’ve used.
>>108999119
Don’t know don’t care lol. Go use a nerd browser I guess. Not my problem
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>>108998910
Corporate stuff aside, why should I use it over any other Chromium fork? Genuinely asking.
>Brave has its built-in adblocker and privacy brags (and all kinds of bloat).
>Vivaldi has extensive customization options (and built-in adblocking, but it sucks in my experience)
>Opera has a free no-login VPN
What does Edge offer?
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>>108998910
it was good for a time when the microsoft engineers took their work seriously and launched a good browser to entice people in, then immediately got enshittified and bloated to hell with the usual microsoft slop. not to mention windows hates the fuck out of NOT having it available or you switching away from it.
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I've pretty much had it with jamboys trying to force the shitty corners and thin lines on webpage content.
today they did another update.
and the only solution (among other things) is to turn off the startup boost.
which was pretty much the only reason I was using it.
the startup was snappy, instant.
fucking jamboys.
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>>108998910
I was using it at work and it would constantly freeze and be really unstable. Then I switched to Chrome and everything worked fine. But maybe that only matters if you are running some shitty Dell Micro Desktop.
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>>109001863
You can just sign in with a Microsoft/Apple/Google account and use it on their site or as a standalone app, can't you? Or is there something special about the Edge integration that makes it stand out?
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>>108998910
I use Firefox for personal browsing but for work shit I use Edge precisely because it's Chromium and I expect all the work crap that's in a browser to support it (and it does). No real reason to install Chrome when it's the same shit underneath and Edge is already there.
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>>109003642
Do the other Chromium forks not do that on mobile? They certainly do on PC, but I'm not very familiar with the extension situation on mobile. Afaik Edge now uses its own extension store independent of Chrome, so maybe that helps.
Google is cracking down hard on Manifest V2 stuff apparently, it's only a matter of time before the various Chromium forks will have to find workarounds. Apparently the old ones used to run uBO on regular Chrome no longer work in the experimental build (forgot the name, I saw a news video about it).
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>>108998910
There is no point in using Edge. It's either Brave or Firefox.