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[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (14 children)

why do windows users install chrome?

i don't get it, edge comes preinstalled on windows and it's chromium-based.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

If you're gonna go though the trouble of installing a browser, why switch Microsoft for Google? They're both evil and Edge actually performs significantly better than Chrome somehow (they're basically the same I don't get it).

Install freaking Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Conversely, if they're both evil, why use Microsoft over Google?

People have their browser set up the way they want it, and downloading and installing Chrome to have everything sync back and work exactly the way they want things to work takes all of two minutes.

Why use Edge and spend time and effort to import bookmarks, import passwords, change settings, install extensions etc. only to have the exact same end result that downloading Chrome would have given them in the first place, but with the added annoyance of Microsoft leveraging Edge to nudge them into the Microsoft ecosystem?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Point being that installing Chrome isn't the "trouble" you're making it out to be, when switching to Edge comes with zero advantage.

But you weren't asking an open ended question anyway, right?

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