Forum Discussion

mehua's avatar
mehua
Icon for Microsoft rankMicrosoft
Nov 15, 2021

Introducing Buy now, pay later in Microsoft Edge

“Buy now, pay later,” or BNPL, lets shoppers break their purchases into equal installment payments, often interest-free, which can allow shoppers to get their purchase upfront, instead of having to w...
dblagent007's avatar
dblagent007
Brass Contributor
Dec 01, 2021

This is a truly terrible decision for the many reasons already given above.


I have an honest question. Where do you draw the line when it comes to selling access to Edge to third parties? Pinterest paid you to add an option to "Show suggestions from Pinterest in Collections." Zip paid you to hijack the checkout process to show an ad for a buy now, pay later loan.

 

I'm serious. Where does it end? Will a bank be able to pay you to show users an ad for a credit card with "no interest for the first 18 months" during the checkout process? 

 

I was one of those who used to actively try to convince others to switch to Edge. Not anymore. Now I'm ambivalent about what browser to use. It's time to take a closer look at the other browsers (who knows, maybe Chrome has improved enough to justify switching back).

Resources