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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.
Well. I can understand all the anti-Google hate on here since it's a MS community.
However, it is an added feature we are talking about here. You'll will have the ability to turn it on and off.
If you hate it, you just turn it off. If you need it, you turn it on....
I personally need this feature.
I've been like the majority, Edge was my Chrome downloader.
MS needs to consider the majority of the market uses Google Chrome.
With Chromium Edge, I gave Edge a chance.
I want it to be my main browser, however, I have everything on Google and on Chrome already.
With the one time sync, I now have everything on Edge. It feels like home.
I haven't opened Chrome for a while on my laptop.
The problem is that I start to save new information such as password/autofill/creditcard information.
With all these new information, I have to manually import them into Chrome from time to time.
I even started opening Chrome just to operation the task so I can save the information without manual import.
Why do I need it on Chrome you ask?
- I have an Android device.
With Google's ecosystem, all my app passwords are saved with Google as well.
NOT JUST in-browser logins.
Don't get me wrong, I have Edge on my Android device too.
But when I try to login to an APP or pay with credit card I saved. I realized that it was saved with Edge instead.
THIS really makes me want to go back to Chrome.
You might not understand if you use iOS or if you don't use autofill.
This is the problem it solves, and I expect to leverage this ongoing sync for a long period of time.
Absence of this ability hugely changes my perspective on Microsoft Edge adoption, I can never 100% give in on using Edge without this feature.
I even recommend my friends to use the new Edge on PC, but they face similar problems and went back to Chrome.
Just remember that currently Google Chrome IS the majority, and this feature is what majority of Chrome users need to give Edge a shot in the first place!
I believe Chrome extension will work for me as long as it does the job; however, i'm not sure if it'll be able to attract the majority of Chrome users.
If during setup process, it shows an option to "allow edge and chrome ongoing sync", or even "allow edge ongoing sync to chrome only", people might feel safer to make Edge their main browser!
Cheers