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tomscharbach
Bronze Contributor
Jun 26, 2020

"Get the New Microsoft Edge" Popups

For the last week or so, I've been getting "Get the new Microsoft Edge" popups more or less constantly, and the popups are interfering with my workflow.   Version #1:     Version #2:   ...
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tomscharbach Thank you for bringing this to our attention here. We're really sorry to hear that these notifications are compromising your browsing, especially while using Microsoft Edge! This is certainly not the experience that we're aiming to provide, and we take reports like this seriously, especially when coming from one of our long-time Insiders.

 

We do work closely with the Marketing team, so I will pass this along to them. In the meantime, it would be helpful if you and any others who see this can submit feedback and diagnostic data through the browser.

 

Fawkes (they/them)
Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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geofflisk
Copper Contributor
Jul 06, 2020

Deleted - You may want to convey the fact that many of us consider this more than just a notification, it's harassment.

I have every single notification that it is possible to disable, disabled (and several I shouldn't be able to). It should be really easy to understand my intentions from my privacy settings.  Yet there it is, when I bring up Chrome, on top of content I want to see (actually need to see for my job) "Get the New Microsoft Edge".

Honestly, it's rubbed me the wrong way so badly already, I wouldn't install or use Edge just based on the principle of the matter.

 

 

 

 

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    Deleted
    Jul 07, 2020

    geofflisk Thanks for sharing your experience with this too. I've shared this thread directly with our Marketing team; they take feedback like this seriously and are looking into it. We appreciate you letting us know!

     

    Fawkes (they/them)
    Program Manager & Community Manager - Microsoft Edge

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      masher86
      Copper Contributor
      Nov 09, 2020

      DeletedIt would seem you are not taking it seriously. I just bought a new laptop on 11/9/2020 and I am having the same issue. Why does Microsoft feel it is okay have ads for Edge popping up on my computer when I choose to use a different browser. If I wanted to use Edge, I would. It happens every time I open Firefox. I don't want to use Edge. Why am I being harassed to download it? Why does Microsoft not take "no" for an answer? Why is there no way to disable this obnoxious popup? In what way are you taking it seriously by ignoring this?

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