Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
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Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
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Re: Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
#2*Top downloaded cask, which only includes GUI applications . Regular formulae are at [1]; the most popular is OpenSSL.
Note that these statistics are only for the last 30 days, and they only include users who have opted into Homebrew analytics (and I suspect users who don’t opt in are much less likely to download Microsoft products). That being said, I’m definitely still surprised that it’s number 1 — who uses Edge on a Mac? Maybe web developers who need to test their websites?
Re: Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
#3*Top downloaded cask, which only includes GUI applications . Regular formulae are at [1]; the most popular is OpenSSL. Note that these statistics are only for the last 30 days, and they only include users who have opted into Homebrew analytics (and I suspect users who don’t opt in are much less likely to download Microsoft products). That being said, I’m definitely still surprised that it’s number 1 — who uses Edge o…
I swapped to it from Firefox. I want to avoid google, but the chromium dev tools are better. Also they have a really nice side tabs in Edge (built in).
Additionally they also have a built in tab suspension feature with an exclusion list.
Re: Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
#4*Top downloaded cask, which only includes GUI applications . Regular formulae are at [1]; the most popular is OpenSSL. Note that these statistics are only for the last 30 days, and they only include users who have opted into Homebrew analytics (and I suspect users who don’t opt in are much less likely to download Microsoft products). That being said, I’m definitely still surprised that it’s number 1 — who uses Edge o…
I swapped to it from Firefox. I want to avoid google, but the chromium dev tools are better. Also they have a really nice side tabs in Edge (built in). Additionally they also have a built in tab suspension feature with an exclusion list.
I did for a while but then it started trying to interefere with my Amazon purchases so I went back to Firefox.
Re: Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
#5*Top downloaded cask, which only includes GUI applications . Regular formulae are at [1]; the most popular is OpenSSL. Note that these statistics are only for the last 30 days, and they only include users who have opted into Homebrew analytics (and I suspect users who don’t opt in are much less likely to download Microsoft products). That being said, I’m definitely still surprised that it’s number 1 — who uses Edge o…
Looking over the past year [0] shows a more expected distribution, with Edge at #8 and Chrome and Firefox above it.
Re: Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
#6*Top downloaded cask, which only includes GUI applications . Regular formulae are at [1]; the most popular is OpenSSL. Note that these statistics are only for the last 30 days, and they only include users who have opted into Homebrew analytics (and I suspect users who don’t opt in are much less likely to download Microsoft products). That being said, I’m definitely still surprised that it’s number 1 — who uses Edge o…
I swapped to it from Firefox. I want to avoid google, but the chromium dev tools are better. Also they have a really nice side tabs in Edge (built in). Additionally they also have a built in tab suspension feature with an exclusion list.
You want to avoid Google for Microsoft? What is the reason?
Re: Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
I swapped to it from Firefox. I want to avoid google, but the chromium dev tools are better. Also they have a really nice side tabs in Edge (built in). Additionally they also have a built in tab suspension feature with an exclusion list.
You want to avoid Google for Microsoft? What is the reason?
Microsoft is arguably the lesser evil given that their business model doesn't rely on data collection and tracking.
Re: Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
#8*Top downloaded cask, which only includes GUI applications . Regular formulae are at [1]; the most popular is OpenSSL. Note that these statistics are only for the last 30 days, and they only include users who have opted into Homebrew analytics (and I suspect users who don’t opt in are much less likely to download Microsoft products). That being said, I’m definitely still surprised that it’s number 1 — who uses Edge o…
> cask, which only includes GUI applications
Casks include way more than GUI applications: fonts, drivers, audio plugins, colour pickers, proprietary CLI tools…
Re: Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew
#9Is this a way to avoid that awful Microsoft updater?