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Worried about Google integration as a negative.
so when you install an extension from another web store other than Microsoft's, you would need to rely on that 3rd party web store for future updates of that extensions. you can't also tell extension developers not to use Google servers or any other servers, because they only make their extensions once to work with all browsers using chromium.
in my opinion you shouldn't worry about Google. you can use the new Edge, use bing engine, use extensions from Microsoft's store (which keeps growing and growing) and then you will be fine :)
I didn't say they had to totally block the extensions, but some of the "issues" people are complaining about could only be solved by letting people sign in with a Google Account on Edge itself, because some of the extensions rely on a Google Account to sign in or sync data. I think there is a line between openness and totally bending the knee to Google to such an extent that Edge can't protect their users from Google at all because they're entirely dependent on Google's cooperation to keep everything working smoothly.
I'm saying if an extension does use Google services, maybe there could at least be a unique warning about that each time you install such an extension and you have to explicitly give it permission. And there could be an option to toggle as to whether those services should be trusted or not. I really don't want to see Google's services treated as "trusted" by default like they are on Chrome. Maybe the user doesn't know whether the third-party extension they just installed sends data to Google or not (some don't and some do, regardless of origin), and I think it's something they have a right to be warned about if they're not using Chrome.
A lot of people who would use Edge, Firefox, or any alternative browser are avoiding Chrome for a reason, and playing too nicely with Google would take a big part of that reason away.