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Eric_E
Feb 03, 2023Former Employee
Dev Channel update to 111.0.1660.0 is live
Hello Insiders! Today, we are releasing another Dev build this week with version number 111.0.1660.0. This release includes mostly fixes and a new feature and policy. For more details on the changes,...
DuncanClark
Feb 05, 2023Copper Contributor
I like using Edge, but I never thought it was any better or worse than Firefox. The main advantage it has for me is that it awards rewards points that I can put towards GamePass. This unremovable, open-on-hover, distracting Discover page will give me reason to ditch Edge for Firefox though. Perhaps Microsoft will make enough money from this that it'll offset the loss from whatever exodus this will cause, but I think it is a mistake in the long term. The court of public opinion on Edge has only recently started to shake off the lingering infamy from IE. I've started seeing more and more people defend Edge as a superior Chromium browser to Chrome online. But decisions like this will change that fast. I don't want to see Edge relegated to "the browser you use to download a better browser," but that may start being the case, for tech-literate users at least. I hope Microsoft's market research is very certain that this will be beneficial for the company.