Microsoft Chrome or Google Edge?

[depotoo]

I prefer Chrome to everyone because it's one of the best and fastest browsers in the world and as it's a google's application, we can trust it. Chrome provides many extensions to make tasks easy and fast and using Google account, we can easily sync all our bookmarks and history from our Android device.

Trust google? Surely you jest.

 

[depotoo]

I just recently started trying out Brave. It was developed by the guy that developed Firefox, after he left Mozilla.

I use chrome but Microsoft keeps trying to get me to switch to Edge. A lot of news sites I can't view because of my popup blocker. They need a popup blocker that stops the anti-popup blocking popups telling you that you can't view their sites.

Hello? McFly? Anybody in there?

Google (Chrome) wants to track your every move, it's what they do. Edge is Microsoft's way of copying Google tracking everything you do..yes! It's like that!

Try something else. Oh yeah, and log out of Google if you don't want a bunch of invasive cookies. Also: Clear your cookies.

I got nothing to hide, don't mind them tracking me and on those sites that I still get ads I like getting ads that pertain to me vs ads that don't.

Deal with it then, IDGAF. I've said my piece, you can take it or leave it. I have zero of those problems, never have.

I've only been on the internet and known how it works since 1997.

What browser do you use?

I have FireFox. Chrome, Opera, and Edge.

I use FF the most, only using Edge to view Bing News and get to a crossword I enjoy.

The latest version of FF doesn't allow me to listen to YouTube videos unless I use Safe Mode = Shift Key while opening - but kills AdBlock. It's best for copying and saving pictures.

 

[Ringel05]

I just recently started trying out Brave. It was developed by the guy that developed Firefox, after he left Mozilla.

Hello? McFly? Anybody in there?

Google (Chrome) wants to track your every move, it's what they do. Edge is Microsoft's way of copying Google tracking everything you do..yes! It's like that!

Try something else. Oh yeah, and log out of Google if you don't want a bunch of invasive cookies. Also: Clear your cookies.

I got nothing to hide, don't mind them tracking me and on those sites that I still get ads I like getting ads that pertain to me vs ads that don't.

Deal with it then, IDGAF. I've said my piece, you can take it or leave it. I have zero of those problems, never have.

I've only been on the internet and known how it works since 1997.

What browser do you use?

I have FireFox. Chrome, Opera, and Edge.

I use FF the most, only using Edge to view Bing News and get to a crossword I enjoy.

The latest version of FF doesn't allow me to listen to YouTube videos unless I use Safe Mode = Shift Key while opening - but kills AdBlock. It's best for copying and saving pictures.

I'm using a new browser also.

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[Marion Morrison]

I use chrome but Microsoft keeps trying to get me to switch to Edge. A lot of news sites I can't view because of my popup blocker. They need a popup blocker that stops the anti-popup blocking popups telling you that you can't view their sites.

Hello? McFly? Anybody in there?

Google (Chrome) wants to track your every move, it's what they do. Edge is Microsoft's way of copying Google tracking everything you do..yes! It's like that!

Try something else. Oh yeah, and log out of Google if you don't want a bunch of invasive cookies. Also: Clear your cookies.

I got nothing to hide, don't mind them tracking me and on those sites that I still get ads I like getting ads that pertain to me vs ads that don't.

Deal with it then, IDGAF. I've said my piece, you can take it or leave it. I have zero of those problems, never have.

I've only been on the internet and known how it works since 1997.

What browser do you use?

I have FireFox. Chrome, Opera, and Edge.

I use FF the most, only using Edge to view Bing News and get to a crossword I enjoy.

The latest version of FF doesn't allow me to listen to YouTube videos unless I use Safe Mode = Shift Key while opening - but kills AdBlock. It's best for copying and saving pictures.

It's not Firefox that does that, it's Google when they detect your browser. They block about 60% of the videos if not signed into them and/or using their browser. They do own the server after all. Isn't that nice of them?

 

[iamwhatiseem]

There will never be a day I will use a Microsoft browser. They have provided decades of proof with previous versions that they do not care about your privacy, at all, and are slow to react to threats. Decades of proof.
On top of that you can rest assured that Edge was designed to benefit them over you. No doubt. I don't even need to research it to know it is going to work hand in hand with other M$ telemetry to have better access to your data. Guaranteed.

 

[Ringel05]

There will never be a day I will use a Microsoft browser. They have provided decades of proof with previous versions that they do not care about your privacy, at all, and are slow to react to threats. Decades of proof.
On top of that you can rest assured that Edge was designed to benefit them over you. No doubt. I don't even need to research it to know it is going to work hand in hand with other M$ telemetry to have better access to your data. Guaranteed.

Microsoft never does anything unless it benefits them often at the expense of the end user.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

There will never be a day I will use a Microsoft browser. They have provided decades of proof with previous versions that they do not care about your privacy, at all, and are slow to react to threats. Decades of proof.
On top of that you can rest assured that Edge was designed to benefit them over you. No doubt. I don't even need to research it to know it is going to work hand in hand with other M$ telemetry to have better access to your data. Guaranteed.

Microsoft never does anything unless it benefits them often at the expense of the end user.

Always. And that is the key reason I despise them as a company.
My biggest irk with them is M$ Office. They purposefully design it to not open documents made with any version above the one you have. even though it can.

 

[Ringel05]

There will never be a day I will use a Microsoft browser. They have provided decades of proof with previous versions that they do not care about your privacy, at all, and are slow to react to threats. Decades of proof.
On top of that you can rest assured that Edge was designed to benefit them over you. No doubt. I don't even need to research it to know it is going to work hand in hand with other M$ telemetry to have better access to your data. Guaranteed.

Microsoft never does anything unless it benefits them often at the expense of the end user.

Always. And that is the key reason I despise them as a company.
My biggest irk with them is M$ Office. They purposefully design it to not open documents made with any version above the one you have. even though it can.

Even my Windows machines, the wife's Win 10 laptop and my Win 7 gamer have LibreOffice. I also wonder how long I'll be able to keep Win 7 before M$ starts ******* with it through final updates making it problematic to use.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

There will never be a day I will use a Microsoft browser. They have provided decades of proof with previous versions that they do not care about your privacy, at all, and are slow to react to threats. Decades of proof.
On top of that you can rest assured that Edge was designed to benefit them over you. No doubt. I don't even need to research it to know it is going to work hand in hand with other M$ telemetry to have better access to your data. Guaranteed.

Microsoft never does anything unless it benefits them often at the expense of the end user.

Always. And that is the key reason I despise them as a company.
My biggest irk with them is M$ Office. They purposefully design it to not open documents made with any version above the one you have. even though it can.

Even my Windows machines, the wife's Win 10 laptop and my Win 7 gamer have LibreOffice. I also wonder how long I'll be able to keep Win 7 before M$ starts ******* with it through final updates making it problematic to use.

I used open office for years, but for some reason it started getting flaky several years ago and taking too long to load. Libre came bundled with LInuxMint so I have used it ever since...it is better than Open Office, or at least better than the last experience i had with it.

 

[Ringel05]

There will never be a day I will use a Microsoft browser. They have provided decades of proof with previous versions that they do not care about your privacy, at all, and are slow to react to threats. Decades of proof.
On top of that you can rest assured that Edge was designed to benefit them over you. No doubt. I don't even need to research it to know it is going to work hand in hand with other M$ telemetry to have better access to your data. Guaranteed.

Microsoft never does anything unless it benefits them often at the expense of the end user.

Always. And that is the key reason I despise them as a company.
My biggest irk with them is M$ Office. They purposefully design it to not open documents made with any version above the one you have. even though it can.

Even my Windows machines, the wife's Win 10 laptop and my Win 7 gamer have LibreOffice. I also wonder how long I'll be able to keep Win 7 before M$ starts ******* with it through final updates making it problematic to use.

I used open office for years, but for some reason it started getting flaky several years ago and taking too long to load. Libre came bundled with LInuxMint so I have used it ever since...it is better than Open Office, or at least better than the last experience i had with it.

Open Office (Oracle) was given to Apache in 2011 then combined it with Lotus Symphony and has lost market share ever since. In 2016 Apache started looking at discontinuing Open Office, not sure where they are with it now.

 

[Bleipriester]

Do you try it?

Download MicrosoftEdge_X64_79.0.309.65.exe (68.17 MB) now. Fast and easy at workupload.com

 

[iamwhatiseem]

There will never be a day I will use a Microsoft browser. They have provided decades of proof with previous versions that they do not care about your privacy, at all, and are slow to react to threats. Decades of proof.
On top of that you can rest assured that Edge was designed to benefit them over you. No doubt. I don't even need to research it to know it is going to work hand in hand with other M$ telemetry to have better access to your data. Guaranteed.

Microsoft never does anything unless it benefits them often at the expense of the end user.

Always. And that is the key reason I despise them as a company.
My biggest irk with them is M$ Office. They purposefully design it to not open documents made with any version above the one you have. even though it can.

Even my Windows machines, the wife's Win 10 laptop and my Win 7 gamer have LibreOffice. I also wonder how long I'll be able to keep Win 7 before M$ starts ******* with it through final updates making it problematic to use.

I used open office for years, but for some reason it started getting flaky several years ago and taking too long to load. Libre came bundled with LInuxMint so I have used it ever since...it is better than Open Office, or at least better than the last experience i had with it.

Open Office (Oracle) was given to Apache in 2011 then combined it with Lotus Symphony and has lost market share ever since. In 2016 Apache started looking at discontinuing Open Office, not sure where they are with it now.

Yep... I was an Open Office user for prolly close to 10 years, exactly as you say, it started taking forever to load. I never found a good explanation as to why that happened. The next LinuxMint I installed came with Libre Office instead. I use it on the Linux side and Windows both for several years now.

 

[Ringel05]

Microsoft never does anything unless it benefits them often at the expense of the end user.

Always. And that is the key reason I despise them as a company.
My biggest irk with them is M$ Office. They purposefully design it to not open documents made with any version above the one you have. even though it can.

Even my Windows machines, the wife's Win 10 laptop and my Win 7 gamer have LibreOffice. I also wonder how long I'll be able to keep Win 7 before M$ starts ******* with it through final updates making it problematic to use.

I used open office for years, but for some reason it started getting flaky several years ago and taking too long to load. Libre came bundled with LInuxMint so I have used it ever since...it is better than Open Office, or at least better than the last experience i had with it.

Open Office (Oracle) was given to Apache in 2011 then combined it with Lotus Symphony and has lost market share ever since. In 2016 Apache started looking at discontinuing Open Office, not sure where they are with it now.

Yep... I was an Open Office user for prolly close to 10 years, exactly as you say, it started taking forever to load. I never found a good explanation as to why that happened. The next LinuxMint I installed came with Libre Office instead. I use it on the Linux side and Windows both for several years now.

I pretty much only use LibreOffice Writer and even that's rare nowadays. There's a bunch of open source office suites out there including WordPerfect which was my original office suite and which I thought was long dead.
Oh and it looks like OpenOffice is still around.

 

[Ringel05]

Do you try it?

Download MicrosoftEdge_X64_79.0.309.65.exe (68.17 MB) now. Fast and easy at workupload.com

Nope, not even remotely interested but thanks anyway.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Always. And that is the key reason I despise them as a company.
My biggest irk with them is M$ Office. They purposefully design it to not open documents made with any version above the one you have. even though it can.

Even my Windows machines, the wife's Win 10 laptop and my Win 7 gamer have LibreOffice. I also wonder how long I'll be able to keep Win 7 before M$ starts ******* with it through final updates making it problematic to use.

I used open office for years, but for some reason it started getting flaky several years ago and taking too long to load. Libre came bundled with LInuxMint so I have used it ever since...it is better than Open Office, or at least better than the last experience i had with it.

Open Office (Oracle) was given to Apache in 2011 then combined it with Lotus Symphony and has lost market share ever since. In 2016 Apache started looking at discontinuing Open Office, not sure where they are with it now.

Yep... I was an Open Office user for prolly close to 10 years, exactly as you say, it started taking forever to load. I never found a good explanation as to why that happened. The next LinuxMint I installed came with Libre Office instead. I use it on the Linux side and Windows both for several years now.

I pretty much only use LibreOffice Writer and even that's rare nowadays. There's a bunch of open source office suites out there including WordPerfect which was my original office suite and which I thought was long dead.
Oh and it looks like OpenOffice is still around.

Wordperfect was still the best in my opinion. Word is still horrible and placing art within a document, WP was great at it.
I used WordPerfect and dBase for spreadsheets oh so long ago.

 

[Ringel05]

Even my Windows machines, the wife's Win 10 laptop and my Win 7 gamer have LibreOffice. I also wonder how long I'll be able to keep Win 7 before M$ starts ******* with it through final updates making it problematic to use.

I used open office for years, but for some reason it started getting flaky several years ago and taking too long to load. Libre came bundled with LInuxMint so I have used it ever since...it is better than Open Office, or at least better than the last experience i had with it.

Open Office (Oracle) was given to Apache in 2011 then combined it with Lotus Symphony and has lost market share ever since. In 2016 Apache started looking at discontinuing Open Office, not sure where they are with it now.

Yep... I was an Open Office user for prolly close to 10 years, exactly as you say, it started taking forever to load. I never found a good explanation as to why that happened. The next LinuxMint I installed came with Libre Office instead. I use it on the Linux side and Windows both for several years now.

I pretty much only use LibreOffice Writer and even that's rare nowadays. There's a bunch of open source office suites out there including WordPerfect which was my original office suite and which I thought was long dead.
Oh and it looks like OpenOffice is still around.

Wordperfect was still the best in my opinion. Word is still horrible and placing art within a document, WP was great at it.
I used WordPerfect and dBase for spreadsheets oh so long ago.

The last version of Office we had was 2007 (Student) for the wife mostly which she continued to use up until last year when she no longer needed it for work. I've been using first OpenOffice then LibreOffice since 2010.

 

[Bleipriester]

Do you try it?

Download MicrosoftEdge_X64_79.0.309.65.exe (68.17 MB) now. Fast and easy at workupload.com

Nope, not even remotely interested but thanks anyway.

I switched. It is a good browser. I have ublock origin installed.

Opera is maybe involved in rip offs.
Opera reportedly has multiple predatory loan apps in the Play Store with interest rates of up to 876% (Update: Opera responds)

 

[Ringel05]

Do you try it?

Download MicrosoftEdge_X64_79.0.309.65.exe (68.17 MB) now. Fast and easy at workupload.com

Nope, not even remotely interested but thanks anyway.

I switched. It is a good browser. I have ublock origin installed.

Opera is maybe involved in rip offs.
Opera reportedly has multiple predatory loan apps in the Play Store with interest rates of up to 876% (Update: Opera responds)

I never liked Opera, I'm back to using Firefox and Brave after switching to Chrome years ago when Firefox became bloated and slow. Looks like Mozilla fixed that problem. I don't still don't trust Microsoft's browsers and probably never will, I'm old school that way.........

 

[iamwhatiseem]

I used open office for years, but for some reason it started getting flaky several years ago and taking too long to load. Libre came bundled with LInuxMint so I have used it ever since...it is better than Open Office, or at least better than the last experience i had with it.

Open Office (Oracle) was given to Apache in 2011 then combined it with Lotus Symphony and has lost market share ever since. In 2016 Apache started looking at discontinuing Open Office, not sure where they are with it now.

Yep... I was an Open Office user for prolly close to 10 years, exactly as you say, it started taking forever to load. I never found a good explanation as to why that happened. The next LinuxMint I installed came with Libre Office instead. I use it on the Linux side and Windows both for several years now.

I pretty much only use LibreOffice Writer and even that's rare nowadays. There's a bunch of open source office suites out there including WordPerfect which was my original office suite and which I thought was long dead.
Oh and it looks like OpenOffice is still around.

Wordperfect was still the best in my opinion. Word is still horrible and placing art within a document, WP was great at it.
I used WordPerfect and dBase for spreadsheets oh so long ago.

The last version of Office we had was 2007 (Student) for the wife mostly which she continued to use up until last year when she no longer needed it for work. I've been using first OpenOffice then LibreOffice since 2010.

I believe the last version we had was Office 2000.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

Same here, I never liked Opera.
I was a Firefox user for many years. Like Ringel, I also was getting more and more annoyed at how bloated and slow it became. For whatever reason it would continue to swallow up memory and keep it, even if you only had one tab open. Commonly going over a Gig.
Right now Brave is consuming 543 mb with 3 tabs open.