Do you use Windows 10 Browser Edge?

[MikeC99]

I have Windows 10 on my older laptop and new desktop but haven't warmed up to the new Edge Browser.  Instead, I have been using Google Chrome and occasionally Internet Explorer.  The following link reports that Microsoft will pay you (US customers only so far)  with Microsoft Rewards if you use Edge along with the Bing search engine: www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/19/microsoft-windows-10-browser-edge-pay-users-bing

I find that the Edge browser is missing some features available on Chrome and I find the user interface to be unimpressive. 

Do you think that Edge has any chance of overtaking Chrome as the browser of choice for surfing the internet?

Mike

[khj]

I won't touch Edge. Among the first 100 things I did with my new Win 10 laptop (the other 90+ involved trying to turn off MS information harvesting permissions) was to remove Edge from the taskbar. MS will find a way to force it on you, just like the Win 10 "upgrade". Edge is their way of harvesting all the info they can get off of you in one app. What's annoying is that much of the MS laptop help defaults to using Edge, even if your default browser is another program. I'm sure there's a hidden toggle somewhere that will change that, but... I'd better be careful, else I'll go into a rant about how so much stuff that used to have settings or easily accessible files in the pre-10 Windows are either gone, hidden, or had filename changed to some completely unrecognizable alphanumeric filename.

Oh yeah, you were wondering if Edge would overtake Chrome as browser of choice...

I think Edge will over take Chrome, but not by user free choice, if you know what I mean...

P.S. -- the above is my totally biased opinion. There was a time when I really really really liked Microsoft... but that was in a galaxy far far away, a long long time ago...

[khj]

What is interesting is that this is basically the same thing MS was doing with Explorer (bundling with Windows and setting it as default) and lost court case after court case on this. I guess MS has come to the conclusion that they can afford the fines, as it's cheaper than beating out the competition the old fashioned way...