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Was “staying away from Edge” not already standard?
It is for me
Why are we trusting Microsoft for anything privacy related? Lol
Why does the thumbnail for this article appear nowhere on the page? Here it is.
My guess is that either the image was there and was edited out, or there is a metadata tag on the post that lists that as the thumbnail, but the page isn’t otherwise using it.
The <meta> tag is where I got it.
<meta property="og:image" content="https://cdn.neowin.com/news/images/uploaded/2023/06/1686566370_microsoft_shaq_meme_story.jpg" />
I posted on /r/bing a few days how now you can’t turn off tracking or history in edge but can’t find the article and don’t want to give reddit any traffic to check…
Stick to firefox.
Fr, firefox with extensions on pc. And Kiwi browser with extensions on phone.
why not firefox on mobile?
I was confused by this too, since Firefox on mobile has extension support
Yep, and there are Beta or Nightly for people who also want about:config, or Fennec for people who want all that on a stable release
Why not Mull on mobile?
I mean I’m not surprised it’s… It’s Microsoft.
You need to stay away from Microsoft. Period. https://youtu.be/MMc5zgALLiY
Ridiculous.
Also, probably shouldn’t use Edge in general. I only use it at work, since it’s mandated.You’d think that more corporations would be worried about corporate espionage through web browsers, email clients, etc. all being created by one company with a history of bad privacy practices.
Corporations don’t want to ditch their IE only intranets - they don’t have a choice but to use Edge for IE Mode now that IE is retired.
Edge is just an edgy meme at this point
I always use a combination of LibreWolf or Ungoogled Chromium for websites that don’t work in LW, but my work insists we use and recommend Edge, their reason being that if a user has trouble in Edge we should know how to fix it, especially as it’s the browser we should be recommending.
Good to know I need to be especially careful of what I view on Edge now though… Yikes.
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Edge isn’t that bad of a browser. I don’t appreciate the hate people sling at it without even trying it. It’s seriously becoming a better browser than Firefox.
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I’m one of those people. I hate Edge. Like, with a disproportionate amount of vitriol.
But it actually doesn’t have anything to do with its functionality (though I’m not thrilled with the privacy concern OP linked), but rather the fact that I get bombarded with “IT’S BETTER IN EDGE! MAKE EDGE YOUR DEFAULT BROWSER! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!.” It’s the most asinine, annoying bullshit.
In all fairness, I did finally figure out how to make it stop. It’s just ridiculous that I have to go through all of that every time I’m on a new PC. Let me browse the way I want to, damnit.
Like someone has said, we’re in a privacy-oriented sub so it’s natural (expected even) to expect the hate. Edge/MS really is bad in terms of privacy. So I get the hate.
With that said, privacy concerns aside, I have to agree that its reputation is worse than it really is. I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it, but my standard was IE so it wasn’t really saying much lol. It’s getting bad with unnecessary features, though.
As for being better than FF… well, of course in terms of privacy FF is still better imho. However, I rely on chromium-based browsers for work. Some internal sites I use for work simply don’t play well with FF. I do have Brave, but I sometimes use Edge as well.
Is there a good chromium browser anyone can recommend? Is Brave the best privacy-wise? Vivaldi?
Hmm, I don’t know… Leaving privacy aside (we are on /c/privacyguides mind you) it’s not that bad but it has become so incredibly bloated with features that I almost feel overwhelmed especially coming from stock Chrome or Firefox. Might just be me tho
I thought I wasn’t the only one. Came from Chrome and Firefox, MS Edge seems overstuffed with news grids/headlines, Bing sidebar, MS “apps” etc. It is soooo unnecessary.
Yeah, I was using Edge before I started caring about my privacy. It’s literally the fastest chromium browser and has a bunch of cool features. But as @CheshireSnake said, privacy wise Edge isn’t an option.
I’ve been using it a bit since Bing chat came out (even though Edge on Linux should probably be like a crime) and it’s pretty good. But this is a legitimate privacy concern that’s deserving of hate.
The concern about privacy is definitely valid, but I’m not as worried about that stuff as I care more that it works than anything else.
You’re on privacy guide, so I think it’s natural that people would be worried about privacy.
it doesn’t make any difference because no one uses it anyway. am I right?
i hate to be that guy butlinux is worth the switchMy god! Being based on chromium and developed by Microsoft were already 2 reasons to stay away. Why would they feel the need to send viewed images back to Microsoft?
I wonder if this includes private images from iCloud/google photos.
you might want to actually read the article
As long as that feature can be disabled, which also clearly states that it sends stuff to Microsoft, I don’t see the big problem. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that there are many features enabled by default of dubious privacy.
