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Microsoft is trying a new way to stop users from downloading Google Chrome. If you open the Chrome download page in Microsoft Edge, you may see a new banner at the top. This version looks different from the usual prompts that ask users to stay with Edge.

I'm curious, what if I download Firefox from Edge? 🤔

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[–] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Apart from being chromium, Edge was pretty good until it released, then it had all the Microsoft bullshit added.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 days ago

Microsoft was probably the only firm with the resources to keep a Chromium fork current while uneinding Google's enshittifications. But their incentives are too similar for that.

[–] LemmyEntertainYou@piefed.social -4 points 4 days ago (6 children)

As much as I dislike Microsoft, I see no reason for Windows users to download Chrome when Edge is right there.

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