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Microsoft now pops up a poll asking why you'd want to use another browser when you download Chrome (www.theverge.com)
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[โ€“] Hagdos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, why not? For the layman Microsoft is the name of a company that has existed for a long time and has made reliable, functional products.

Even for the non-layman, Microsoft isn't a perfect company, but it's not as if Google is any better.

[โ€“] JonEFive@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

From what I've read, Edge sends way more data back to Microsoft than Chrome sends to Google which is already too much.