"When you feel useless, then think of that person who is working on update on Edge browser "
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"Microsoft Edge. Values you can trust!" 
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If only edge wasnât the best performing browser
Back when I seriously started with PCs, so like the year 2000, that was really something. It actually mattered to the user how fast the browser was, it mattered a lot.
When I see those benchmarks today and then actually witness the speed while surfing, the difference is - to my slow primate brain - nonexistent.
So I do believe you when you say that Edge is best-performing in some benchmarks I donât care about. Buuut⊠you know⊠that donât mean much ^^
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I mean in more real world cases. Benchmarks are bullshit
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A quick word from our sponsors, I mean, here is a Humble Bundle of Linux Goodies that might light your socks on fire, or not. Passing it along.
Like most things software-related, this depends on the use case.
One of the clients the IT company I work for supports just migrated all users from Firefox to Edge (probably to better monitor their browser useâSaaS=Spyware as a Service 
) and blocked all other browsers.
Every day since the switch we have users calling up with sites and services they have to use for work just completely broken on Edge. Some stuff has to run in IE compatibility mode to work, other stuff is broken in the compatibility mode but the feature that is supposed to switch to compatibility mode automatically based on a URL list straight up does not work, so they have to manually switch back and forth in the browser settings each time and each mode switch requires a browser restart.
Honestly it is a nightmare. This is a âreal world caseâ where hundreds of people we do IT for hate the Edge browser because it makes it difficult or impossible to do certain parts of their job, and they are frustrated that they cannot just use Firefox, as they have for years, because on Firefox everything they need to do just works.
Honestly it breaks my heart a little bit. 
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To be fair, they do mention Chrome as well. Teams works pretty decently using Chromium (at least on Gnome/Wayland), while the native application has been a mess for months and months now. So good riddance to the native application, I'd say.
well... isn't Edge just Chromium with an MS-overhaul on top of it by now?
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With a lot more spyware added also.
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You are never lost with spyware !!!!
They always know where to find you 
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#ModernBrowser amirite?
I love how Edge asks like 4-5 questions about signing in and providing user data to Microsoft at first startup, I mean its nice that they ask but still 
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They also ask if they may send data to google by now ^^
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looking good:
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Just saw this today 
I can fully agree on the verdict 
(including, not having issues due to the GRUB bug)
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Accomplished spyware company Avast, known for Trojan-horsing their own users with their so-called âantivirusâ software, has acquired the âI donât care about cookiesâ browser extension. Consider this your warning if this is an extension you are actively using.
From the article linked below:
Avast closed down data brokerage operation Jumpshot in 2020 after a joint investigation by Vice and PCMag revealed that its antivirus programs were selling browsing data to some of the worldâs largest companies, including Home Depot, Google, and Microsoft (and, disclosure, Ars Technica parent company CondĂ© Nast). The data included Google searches, GPS coordinates on Google Maps, and searches on various sites, including YouTube and PornHub. Jumpshot touted itself as âthe only company that unlocked walled garden data,â and, in a now-deleted tweet, touted its ability to collect âEvery search. Every click. Every buy. On every site.â
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So they finally did. I wish an alternative existed - is the addon open source at least?
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