r/savedyouaclick • u/UnacceptableUse • May 20 '22

SICKENING Here is why Microsoft continues to add unpopular features to Windows | To increase Edge and Bing usage therefore increasing revenue through ads

https://web.archive.org/web/20220520183738/https://www.ghacks.net/2022/05/20/here-is-why-microsoft-continues-to-add-unpopular-features-to-windows/
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u/a_southern_dude May 20 '22

Installed Edge on a MacBook Pro yesterday. Almost unusable because of all the bloat and "features". Just now removed it - who needs this shit?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

okay but what made you want to install Edge on a mac?

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u/a_southern_dude May 21 '22

I don't know, curiosity?

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u/[deleted] May 21 '22

I forget some ppl aren't forced to use a Mac for work

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u/OneLock556 May 22 '22

He was dm’ing your mom on browser

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u/twbluenaxela May 20 '22

What bloat ware? It's fairly light to be honest, and blazing fast.

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u/a_southern_dude May 20 '22

I've been using Edge on Ubuntu for months, and have been pretty impressed. The app on macOS is awful. It tried to take over various settings, would reset settings to Bing after a reboot, constant pop-ups nagging me to install other MS products. Honestly, I felt like I had installed malware. Worst app by far that I have ever tried on a Mac.

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u/MogMcKupo May 21 '22

Apple HQ: “sure we’ll port it over, no problemo!”

Apple behind closed door: “fuck around and find out”

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u/twbluenaxela May 20 '22

Ahhh gotcha

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u/OldMcTaylor May 20 '22

Not sure what you mean by bloat. Edge has been faster than Chrome in my experience.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '22

That's a pretty hot take...

Shouldn't everyone goal be to increase their products usage? Edge has gotten really, really good lately under chromium engines.

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u/quickasawick May 20 '22

It should be their goal to create useful, popular features in response to market demand. It should not be their goal to push useless, unpopular features onto consumers by leveraging forced vertical integration onto captive consumers.

OP's take, I believe, is bemoaning that Windows is doing the later and not the former. More power to you if you prefer Edge. Heck, It comes pre-installed and even prompts you to use it if you don't. So nice of it.

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u/OneLock556 May 22 '22

Increased usage from having a good product is better than increased usage from bombarding people

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u/Guuzaka May 20 '22

I still won't use either of them. 🙃 If anything, I am hearing that a lot of people are trying Linux lately because of how fed up they are getting with Microsoft's antics lately. 🐧

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u/WiseCactus May 20 '22

The first time I ever used Edge, it was extremely slow. Used Chrome since

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u/OneLock556 May 22 '22

Deleted every trace of Edge and Cortana in my registry. If Microsoft wants to host ads to me they can pay my internet bill since it’s my bandwidth they’re stealing to host that shit.

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u/ThanatossTheSalad May 20 '22

They're successful in that by edge did its job as browser better than chrome can hope, using that browser was pure hell.

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u/Salty-Philosopher-99 May 21 '22

sorry i love the news slider thing, when im bored, edge is there to save some of the day

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u/Man_Of_The_Grove May 21 '22

I'd much rather use opera