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Ongoing sync between Microsoft Edge and Chrome - Discussion
Thanks everyone for sharing your perspective on this topic. It is really helpful to see the sentiments and thoughts towards such a possibility. Please consider this thread closed for now. Stay assured, we are paying attention to everyone's requirements and concerns and are committed to doing the right thing for all of you.
We implemented Edge for our enterprise environment because Chrome is lacking in configuration aspects we need. However, many of us, myself included still would prefer Chrome for our personal browser. That being said, many of the aspects of how these are used need to stay in sync, or we are constantly having to do double work and do this process manually. That includes the fact, that I'm a web developer and so I'm constantly switching between multiple browsers for testing and research. For us, this would be an ongoing requirement. Without this, I would just use Edge in the most minimal fashion...or possibly we would look into switching to Chrome completely and deal with those issues.
I don't know if a Chrome extension would fulfill this need. I would need to know the scope and functionality.
Keith Davis wrote:many of us, myself included still would prefer Chrome for our personal browser.
Why though if I may ask?
I can't speak to why others do, but mine is just a matter of workflow. More importantly, why does it matter? I'm not a fanboy for MS or Google, but I do like Google services more than MS (l use Gmail for my personal email). If I said I wanted to own 2 cars, a Ford and Chevy, why can I not own both?
Keith Davis wrote:I can't speak to why others do, but mine is just a matter of workflow. More importantly, why does it matter? I'm not a fanboy for MS or Google, but I do like Google services more than MS (l use Gmail for my personal email). If I said I wanted to own 2 cars, a Ford and Chevy, why can I not own both?
Oh alright, so it's a matter of liking a company more than the other. I thought there is some lack of feature, technical problem or reasons of that sort behind it.
That's my perception, which might not be yours, but it doesn't mean it's wrong. Why not add Google services to Edge, or at least give the option to do so? Why do we have to have such a siloed environment? Why can't we have both? Can we not have Coke and Pepsi in the same building, for crying out loud!! 🙂
What really sucks about this conversation is it sounds like a bunch of anti-Google users. I couldn't care less about Google (or MS's) - I use the tool that works best for the job at hand.
I'm not sure everyone here is anti-Google users but they are just questioning to what the point of syncing the settings would be between the two. I think they just do not agree with or believe in Google's privacy and data practices and they are worried about what a sync between the two would entail.
That's why I think if a sync option is to be made it should be an extension that is available in the Play store that will push and pull data from a user's Microsoft Account, to avoid touching Google's services; again just my opinion - who knows if that is even a feasible option or not.
