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Re: New Microsoft Edge

#11

Interestingly, one of the most important battles in the browser (and apps in general) market now is the privacy aspect. There are two vendor groups here: one explicitly mentions it (Apple, Mozilla), and the other remains silent, speaking only about non-provacy features (Google, Microsoft).

This landing page explicitly mentions respecting privacy.

Re: New Microsoft Edge

#13

Interestingly, one of the most important battles in the browser (and apps in general) market now is the privacy aspect. There are two vendor groups here: one explicitly mentions it (Apple, Mozilla), and the other remains silent, speaking only about non-provacy features (Google, Microsoft).

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Re: New Microsoft Edge

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post #9

Interestingly, one of the most important battles in the browser (and apps in general) market now is the privacy aspect. There are two vendor groups here: one explicitly mentions it (Apple, Mozilla), and the other remains silent, speaking only about non-provacy features (Google, Microsoft).

There is an explicit section for privacy on the page as I can see, there is even a dedicated page to it: https://microsoftedgewelcome.microsoft.com/en-us/privacy Also they wrote a privacy whitepaper for Edge as well: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/privacy-whit...

This is absolutely not the same. Mozilla is actively fighting with user tracking agains their will. Apple is also making some steps in the same direction and speaking about it loudly. In the meantime, Google and MS are doing whatever they can get away with.

Re: New Microsoft Edge

#16
I switched from Chrome for Edge's native integration with Windows credentialing and Office 365. In a corporate environment that relies heavily on Windows and the Office suite, it really works very well. Its elegant account management between personal and work instances is also fantastic.

Re: New Microsoft Edge

#19
Taking a look at the privacy whitepaper [0], there's a long list of data gathering initiatives that seemingly need to be turned off manually (a number of sections explicitly mention opt-out rather than opt-in). I can't check the defaults though, since it doesn't run on Linux. The main problem with opt-out is Microsoft's track record of re-enabling telemetry after it has been turned off by the user, and that's not something you'd want in a web browser.

[0] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-edge/privacy-whit...

Re: New Microsoft Edge

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post #12

> More privacy & control I suppose that excludes MS's aggressive use of telemetry in Edge itself

Good.

Great software learns from its users. It also makes developers' lives infinitely easier and ergo makes the product 10x better for endusers.

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