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Edge container tabs
Just chiming in again. This is not just for privacy!
Containers are also super useful for productivity, Microsoft! Lots of us have multiple accounts, like Gmail, Google Drive, Notion, Dropbox, etc. People have one personal account and one business account. Switching between them can be a nightmare w/ cookies & passwords, so containers can ensure we have easy access.
Because they limit the cookies to just that tab, then you can always open up your personal Dropbox and business Dropbox easily without any need to logout, cookies, etc.
For people who aren't used to containers: containers keep your website "just inside that single tab", so it doesn't infect the whole browser. "Oh, you're logged into your personal Dropbox in this one tab? Well, let me log you out of every other Dropbox tab w/ your business account! Surely that's what you wanted, right?"
Cookies can be stupid. Containers make them smart.
Yes, you are right.
Containers are much more than only privacy.
They are very useful for productivity, like you said.
The problem is, chromium do not support containers. They need to dig in the code and changing a bunch of things and all the relative code.
And, apparently, the Edge team do not have any interest to do that.
So far they have not yet shown any interest.