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Brian Wall
Aug 15, 2019Copper Contributor
Latest Edge Dev installed but only a handful of Store extensions on offer
I may be wrong but if I hit the hamburger menu and select Extensions, I am only directed to the MS Store which has almost none of any use. I understand Chrome extensions work but there is no option f...
HotCakeX
Aug 15, 2019MVP
So TL;TR: you want the Chrome extension store link in edge://extensions ?
about those non-existent security issues, i gotta say they are pretty much existent and real. you have no idea how many ill minded extension devs are lurking around preying on not so nerdy nerd end-users. at least when Microsoft puts a link to their own extension store in here they are guaranteeing the safety of those extensions.
so if you install an extension from chrome store and it screws up Edge browser of yours then you can't complain to Microsoft.
the number of extensions are too little and they have to expand their catalog, just like Opera did with their own extension store when they decided to use chromium, but that's gonna take time and once Edge goes into stable full release more extension devs will want to put a copy of their extensions on the Microsoft store as well.
about those non-existent security issues, i gotta say they are pretty much existent and real. you have no idea how many ill minded extension devs are lurking around preying on not so nerdy nerd end-users. at least when Microsoft puts a link to their own extension store in here they are guaranteeing the safety of those extensions.
so if you install an extension from chrome store and it screws up Edge browser of yours then you can't complain to Microsoft.
the number of extensions are too little and they have to expand their catalog, just like Opera did with their own extension store when they decided to use chromium, but that's gonna take time and once Edge goes into stable full release more extension devs will want to put a copy of their extensions on the Microsoft store as well.