{"slug": "microsoft-edge", "name": "Microsoft Edge", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "Microsoft's Chromium-based web browser for Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android and Xbox.", "recommenders": 5, "commenters": 37, "warners": 11, "score": 0.554, "rising": -0.31, "first": "2025-11-14", "latest": "2026-10-26", "why": "Commenters use it to keep uBlock Origin after leaving Chrome, for Chromium speed and sites that fail in Firefox, and for vertical tabs and workspaces.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 5, "neutral": 21, "compare": 1, "warn": 12}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 0, 1], "listed": true, "loved": ["uBlock Origin", "Speed and efficiency"], "caveat": "Bloat", "short_quote": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it", "icon": false, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://www.microsoft.com/edge", "pricing": "free", "aliases": ["Edge", "Microsoft Edge"], "verdict": [{"text": "Commenters use it to keep uBlock Origin after leaving Chrome,", "cites": [{"id": 775562608, "item_id": 48472663, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472663", "by": "m-schuetz", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I switched from chrome to edge so I can continue using ublock origin.", "excerpt": "I hope not, I switched from chrome to edge so I can continue using ublock origin.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing with uBlock Origin", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775563170, "item_id": 48472698, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472698", "by": "m-schuetz", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Since Chrome blocked ublock, I switched to Edge.", "excerpt": "I switched from Firefox to Chrome a couple of years back because Firefox always dragged its feet when it came to implementing important developer features. Like, DataView was excruciatingly slow in Firefox; WebGPU support didnt go anywhere; and they initially refused to implement import maps. I consider the latter to be an essential tool as it allows me to work without the need for build systems. Also, chrome dev too", "context": "web developer", "use_case": "browsing with uBlock", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 799748786, "item_id": 49984299, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984299", "by": "somebudyelse", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Plus Firefox or Edge for uBlock support.", "excerpt": "Highly recommend https://nextdns.io, great for all kinds of blocking stuff. Plus Firefox or Edge for uBlock support.", "context": "", "use_case": "browser with uBlock support", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}]}, {"text": " for Chromium speed and sites that fail in Firefox,", "cites": [{"id": 785958864, "item_id": 49122429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122429", "by": "running101", "date": "2026-07-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge is always 30% to 50% more efficient.", "excerpt": "I recently switched from Chrome to Edge after using Chrome for decades. It is so bloated and slow. I can have same number of tabs open in both and Edge is always 30% to 50% more efficient.", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI"}, {"id": 775577408, "item_id": 48473588, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48473588", "by": "batperson", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it", "excerpt": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it, which seems to be some sort of chromium feature that everyone bakes in weird ways if at all, and I'm still running ublock origin on edge without any funky bypasses. Then there's a fact that a bunch of sites/webapps straight up refuse to work on firefox ", "context": "web dev", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 788932178, "item_id": 49308261, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49308261", "by": "picofarad", "date": "2026-08-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I switch to brave or edge if ff won't load something.", "excerpt": "What you say is what I do, Firefox is open all the time, I switch to brave or edge if ff won't load something. I use adnauseam as adblocker. I have never had chrome on windows 10 or 11; nor chromium. For a year chase.com wouldn't allow me to login from Firefox. Dumb.", "context": "", "use_case": "fallback browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"}, {"id": 775647842, "item_id": 48477990, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477990", "by": "genewitch", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I can load it on edge every time it fails on firefox.", "excerpt": "i am unclear on if it's because of the adblocker (specifically i use ad nauseam which does block some JS. some.) or because of firefox. I can load it on edge every time it fails on firefox. last week, chase.com worked fine on firefox. the previous 15 months where i needed to log in, it did not. Someone at chase isn't checking their work on firefox.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight"}]}, {"text": " and for vertical tabs and workspaces.", "cites": [{"id": 767500512, "item_id": 47968782, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968782", "by": "dctoedt", "date": "2026-04-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Edge bcs of the vertical tabs", "excerpt": "Seems to do this in Microsoft Edge, too.* * I use Edge bcs of the vertical tabs \u2014 Safari's equivalent is a poor substitute. Firefox didn't seem to have vertical tabs last time I checked.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing with vertical tabs", "switched_from": "", "story": "LinkedIn is scanning browser extensions"}, {"id": 775577408, "item_id": 48473588, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48473588", "by": "batperson", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it", "excerpt": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it, which seems to be some sort of chromium feature that everyone bakes in weird ways if at all, and I'm still running ublock origin on edge without any funky bypasses. Then there's a fact that a bunch of sites/webapps straight up refuse to work on firefox ", "context": "web dev", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}]}, {"text": " The most common complaint is Microsoft's pushiness: bloat that is hard to remove from Windows,", "cites": [{"id": 777419521, "item_id": 48588720, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588720", "by": "pornel", "date": "2026-06-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "dodging unkillable Edge", "excerpt": "I use Windows exclusively for games, but I don't like playing the game of disabling upsells, dodging unkillable Edge, and restoring secret pre-AI versions of Windows components.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"}, {"id": 762130433, "item_id": 47633152, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633152", "by": "gogurt2000", "date": "2026-04-03", "stance": "warn", "quote": "like Edge, OneDrive, Copilot, etc.", "excerpt": "Windows: - Bloat: software packages and services that cannot be entirely removed (at least not without 3rd party tools) like Edge, OneDrive, Copilot, etc. - Requiring a MS account - Their focus on adding new features and changing visual elements to make things feel fresh (and justify their asking price) at the cost of stability -- both in terms of system stability (it's absurd how often file explorer windows crash in", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you dislike most about Linux and Windows?"}, {"id": 771544193, "item_id": 48221512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221512", "by": "agotterer", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I eventually switched to Edge a few years ago because it was nice and lite.", "excerpt": "I used Vivaldi for many years and was a huge advocate. The problem for me was the browser got too bloated and buggy. They kept adding functionality that for me wasn\u2019t necessary. For example: built in Proton VPN support, calendars, email functionality, notes, a game arcade. I don\u2019t want any of that bundled in my browser. I want my browser to be lite weight. I eventually switched to Edge a few years ago because it was ", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "Vivaldi", "story": "Vivaldi 8.0: our biggest design overhaul"}]}, {"text": " AI features, data collection, and being forced to use it at work.", "cites": [{"id": 737830737, "item_id": 46114421, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46114421", "by": "jrjfjgkrj", "date": "2025-12-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Firefox is not pushing AI at every opportunity like Edge for example", "excerpt": "I use Firefox as my main browser. when the AI tab/sidebar appeared, I just closed it. that's it. and it never appeared again. I didn't need to change any special setting. maybe there was another dialog or two which asked me to enable AI something which I answered No and dont remember. this article is written in bad faith, Firefox is not pushing AI at every opportunity like Edge for example", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mozilla's latest quagmire"}, {"id": 773912385, "item_id": 48369524, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369524", "by": "economistbob", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Microsoft is even driving that dark pattern crap into the professional space and automatically grabbing passwords  etc. via Edge.", "excerpt": "The Neo success is heavily about Microsoft grabbing all the data and syncing everything to their servers and using dark patterns. The macbook neo is antiWindows not anti PC. The new Dell is nice, but it runs Windows so all that data grabbing dark pattern privacy ruining crap is under the hood. Mac Neo is the anti KGB device in a svelte shell. It is a long term strategic play and nothing running Windows will compete a", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "MacBook Pro Rival with the Nvidia Powered Surface Laptop Ultra"}, {"id": 754548050, "item_id": 47159253, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159253", "by": "ruszki", "date": "2026-02-25", "stance": "warn", "quote": "That list is way too long for my taste, and it really indicated me that Windows became completely adversarial.", "excerpt": "This was one of the most outrageous data grab in the past years. They replaced the completely working simple Mail app, which I used until that point, with this garbage, and I was just lucky that I paid attention, and I stopped for a sec what is that warning which tells you that they grab literally all of your emails. Btw, just before that I found this page regarding Edge, and this is why I paid more attention to thes", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown"}, {"id": 782868224, "item_id": 48929264, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48929264", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-07-15", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I have to use it at work because Microsoft lobbied them heavily and I don't like it at all.", "excerpt": "I don't really understand why they're putting so much effort in pushing what is basically a reskinned Google product. Why do they care that I use it? I have to use it at work because Microsoft lobbied them heavily and I don't like it at all. But they've also pushed to remove Firefox from everyone's computer :( But really if you want chrome (I don't) why not use the real thing instead of the knock-off?", "context": "", "use_case": "work browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Dark patterns in Windows are steering users to Edge: Mozilla-commissioned report"}, {"id": 792658577, "item_id": 49541161, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541161", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I hate edge so much. I have to use it in work.", "excerpt": "True, I hate edge so much. I have to use it in work. But it just laugh at it because it's so incompetent and mediocre like everything from Microsoft. Firefox on the other hand I use privately and I deeply care about it. That's what makes me pipe up more.", "context": "", "use_case": "work browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hang on to Your Firefox"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "uBlock Origin", "summary": "Commenters moved from Chrome to keep uBlock Origin working.", "quotes": [{"id": 775562608, "item_id": 48472663, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472663", "by": "m-schuetz", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I switched from chrome to edge so I can continue using ublock origin.", "excerpt": "I hope not, I switched from chrome to edge so I can continue using ublock origin.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing with uBlock Origin", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775563170, "item_id": 48472698, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472698", "by": "m-schuetz", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Since Chrome blocked ublock, I switched to Edge.", "excerpt": "I switched from Firefox to Chrome a couple of years back because Firefox always dragged its feet when it came to implementing important developer features. Like, DataView was excruciatingly slow in Firefox; WebGPU support didnt go anywhere; and they initially refused to implement import maps. I consider the latter to be an essential tool as it allows me to work without the need for build systems. Also, chrome dev too", "context": "web developer", "use_case": "browsing with uBlock", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775577408, "item_id": 48473588, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48473588", "by": "batperson", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it", "excerpt": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it, which seems to be some sort of chromium feature that everyone bakes in weird ways if at all, and I'm still running ublock origin on edge without any funky bypasses. Then there's a fact that a bunch of sites/webapps straight up refuse to work on firefox ", "context": "web dev", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}]}, {"label": "Speed and efficiency", "summary": "Some found it faster and lighter than Chrome or Firefox, and easier on the battery.", "quotes": [{"id": 785958864, "item_id": 49122429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122429", "by": "running101", "date": "2026-07-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge is always 30% to 50% more efficient.", "excerpt": "I recently switched from Chrome to Edge after using Chrome for decades. It is so bloated and slow. I can have same number of tabs open in both and Edge is always 30% to 50% more efficient.", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI"}, {"id": 775577408, "item_id": 48473588, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48473588", "by": "batperson", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it", "excerpt": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it, which seems to be some sort of chromium feature that everyone bakes in weird ways if at all, and I'm still running ublock origin on edge without any funky bypasses. Then there's a fact that a bunch of sites/webapps straight up refuse to work on firefox ", "context": "web dev", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 770016529, "item_id": 48126033, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126033", "by": "okanat", "date": "2026-05-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Some even switched to Edge since it plays better with the battery.", "excerpt": "I actually have seen this in my current company. Many developers switched browsers away from Firefox. Some even switched to Edge since it plays better with the battery. I know early adopters of Brave from its early years too. When things get a bit bigger in JIRA, Firefox's JS engine struggles with horrifying amount of JS JIRA throws at it. Same for Google Meet and Zoom. I tried and realized Firefox has a huge power c", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "Firefox", "story": "EU browser choice rules send millions more users Firefox's way"}]}, {"label": "Site compatibility", "summary": "Commenters use it to load sites that fail in Firefox.", "quotes": [{"id": 788932178, "item_id": 49308261, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49308261", "by": "picofarad", "date": "2026-08-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I switch to brave or edge if ff won't load something.", "excerpt": "What you say is what I do, Firefox is open all the time, I switch to brave or edge if ff won't load something. I use adnauseam as adblocker. I have never had chrome on windows 10 or 11; nor chromium. For a year chase.com wouldn't allow me to login from Firefox. Dumb.", "context": "", "use_case": "fallback browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"}, {"id": 775647842, "item_id": 48477990, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477990", "by": "genewitch", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I can load it on edge every time it fails on firefox.", "excerpt": "i am unclear on if it's because of the adblocker (specifically i use ad nauseam which does block some JS. some.) or because of firefox. I can load it on edge every time it fails on firefox. last week, chase.com worked fine on firefox. the previous 15 months where i needed to log in, it did not. Someone at chase isn't checking their work on firefox.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight"}, {"id": 776639729, "item_id": 48539983, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48539983", "by": "mda_damico", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "once moved to Edge (Chromium) because some sites I used stopped opening and working in Firefox.", "excerpt": "I use Chrome, Edge, and Firefox on my laptop with Ubuntu (16 GB RAM) and see no major difference in memory eating. But with Chrome and Edge I have support of newest web APIs rather with Firefox and Safari don't. I'd used Firefox as my main browser before but once moved to Edge (Chromium) because some sites I used stopped opening and working in Firefox. Dev tools are good as in Chrome as well in Firefox I think.", "context": "Ubuntu laptop user", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "Firefox", "story": "Chrome had the highest idle CPU and RAM usage in a 5-browser benchmark"}]}, {"label": "Microsoft integration", "summary": "Signing in with a Microsoft account makes Microsoft sites like Outlook work smoothly.", "quotes": [{"id": 787621809, "item_id": 49226363, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226363", "by": "Marsymars", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Edge primarily just to access MS sites, logging into the browser with MS account makes it easy.", "excerpt": "Firefox is my main browser, but I use all of Safari/Vivaldi/Edge with some specific configuration for some specific things. Edge primarily just to access MS sites, logging into the browser with MS account makes it easy.", "context": "", "use_case": "accessing Microsoft sites", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 777784577, "item_id": 48611536, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48611536", "by": "codethief", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I haven't really been able to use outlook.office.com in anything but Edge", "excerpt": "> Bonus points for it running fine on Linux, too. I haven't really been able to use outlook.office.com in anything but Edge, which on my Windows machine automatically authenticates with M365. In other browsers I regularly get stuck in an auth redirect loop between different Microsoft domains when I open the site. Sometimes it helps to clear all cookies and re-login (which is a real pain with 2FA and all) but it only ", "context": "", "use_case": "accessing Outlook web", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"}]}, {"label": "Tabs and workspaces", "summary": "Vertical tabs and the workspaces feature are named as reasons to use it.", "quotes": [{"id": 767500512, "item_id": 47968782, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968782", "by": "dctoedt", "date": "2026-04-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Edge bcs of the vertical tabs", "excerpt": "Seems to do this in Microsoft Edge, too.* * I use Edge bcs of the vertical tabs \u2014 Safari's equivalent is a poor substitute. Firefox didn't seem to have vertical tabs last time I checked.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing with vertical tabs", "switched_from": "", "story": "LinkedIn is scanning browser extensions"}, {"id": 775577408, "item_id": 48473588, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48473588", "by": "batperson", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it", "excerpt": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it, which seems to be some sort of chromium feature that everyone bakes in weird ways if at all, and I'm still running ublock origin on edge without any funky bypasses. Then there's a fact that a bunch of sites/webapps straight up refuse to work on firefox ", "context": "web dev", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}]}, {"label": "Xbox browser", "summary": "One commenter calls the Xbox version the most capable console browser yet.", "quotes": [{"id": 775897120, "item_id": 48493570, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48493570", "by": "pseudosavant", "date": "2026-06-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Easily the most capable browser a console has ever had.", "excerpt": "Kind of surprised that the current Chromium-based Edge gets no attention other than being mentioned. It is basically the same as the desktop Edge. Easily the most capable browser a console has ever had. It has support for things like the gamepad API, wasm, etc. You can do things like run emulators via RetroArch web using your gamepad properly. It's video support includes MP4/MKV with H264+AAC/AC3/MP3. I've used it to", "context": "", "use_case": "browser on game consoles", "switched_from": "", "story": "Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Bloat", "summary": "It cannot easily be removed from Windows and keeps adding Copilot, shopping and rewards features.", "quotes": [{"id": 777419521, "item_id": 48588720, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588720", "by": "pornel", "date": "2026-06-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "dodging unkillable Edge", "excerpt": "I use Windows exclusively for games, but I don't like playing the game of disabling upsells, dodging unkillable Edge, and restoring secret pre-AI versions of Windows components.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"}, {"id": 762130433, "item_id": 47633152, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633152", "by": "gogurt2000", "date": "2026-04-03", "stance": "warn", "quote": "like Edge, OneDrive, Copilot, etc.", "excerpt": "Windows: - Bloat: software packages and services that cannot be entirely removed (at least not without 3rd party tools) like Edge, OneDrive, Copilot, etc. - Requiring a MS account - Their focus on adding new features and changing visual elements to make things feel fresh (and justify their asking price) at the cost of stability -- both in terms of system stability (it's absurd how often file explorer windows crash in", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you dislike most about Linux and Windows?"}, {"id": 771544193, "item_id": 48221512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221512", "by": "agotterer", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I eventually switched to Edge a few years ago because it was nice and lite.", "excerpt": "I used Vivaldi for many years and was a huge advocate. The problem for me was the browser got too bloated and buggy. They kept adding functionality that for me wasn\u2019t necessary. For example: built in Proton VPN support, calendars, email functionality, notes, a game arcade. I don\u2019t want any of that bundled in my browser. I want my browser to be lite weight. I eventually switched to Edge a few years ago because it was ", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "Vivaldi", "story": "Vivaldi 8.0: our biggest design overhaul"}]}, {"label": "Privacy", "summary": "Commenters object to its data collection and password grabbing.", "quotes": [{"id": 773912385, "item_id": 48369524, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369524", "by": "economistbob", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Microsoft is even driving that dark pattern crap into the professional space and automatically grabbing passwords  etc. via Edge.", "excerpt": "The Neo success is heavily about Microsoft grabbing all the data and syncing everything to their servers and using dark patterns. The macbook neo is antiWindows not anti PC. The new Dell is nice, but it runs Windows so all that data grabbing dark pattern privacy ruining crap is under the hood. Mac Neo is the anti KGB device in a svelte shell. It is a long term strategic play and nothing running Windows will compete a", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "MacBook Pro Rival with the Nvidia Powered Surface Laptop Ultra"}, {"id": 754548050, "item_id": 47159253, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159253", "by": "ruszki", "date": "2026-02-25", "stance": "warn", "quote": "That list is way too long for my taste, and it really indicated me that Windows became completely adversarial.", "excerpt": "This was one of the most outrageous data grab in the past years. They replaced the completely working simple Mail app, which I used until that point, with this garbage, and I was just lucky that I paid attention, and I stopped for a sec what is that warning which tells you that they grab literally all of your emails. Btw, just before that I found this page regarding Edge, and this is why I paid more attention to thes", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown"}]}, {"label": "AI pushing", "summary": "One commenter says it pushes AI at every opportunity.", "quotes": [{"id": 737830737, "item_id": 46114421, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46114421", "by": "jrjfjgkrj", "date": "2025-12-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Firefox is not pushing AI at every opportunity like Edge for example", "excerpt": "I use Firefox as my main browser. when the AI tab/sidebar appeared, I just closed it. that's it. and it never appeared again. I didn't need to change any special setting. maybe there was another dialog or two which asked me to enable AI something which I answered No and dont remember. this article is written in bad faith, Firefox is not pushing AI at every opportunity like Edge for example", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mozilla's latest quagmire"}, {"id": 771544193, "item_id": 48221512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221512", "by": "agotterer", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I eventually switched to Edge a few years ago because it was nice and lite.", "excerpt": "I used Vivaldi for many years and was a huge advocate. The problem for me was the browser got too bloated and buggy. They kept adding functionality that for me wasn\u2019t necessary. For example: built in Proton VPN support, calendars, email functionality, notes, a game arcade. I don\u2019t want any of that bundled in my browser. I want my browser to be lite weight. I eventually switched to Edge a few years ago because it was ", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "Vivaldi", "story": "Vivaldi 8.0: our biggest design overhaul"}]}, {"label": "Forced at work", "summary": "Some use it only because their employer requires it and dislike it.", "quotes": [{"id": 782868224, "item_id": 48929264, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48929264", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-07-15", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I have to use it at work because Microsoft lobbied them heavily and I don't like it at all.", "excerpt": "I don't really understand why they're putting so much effort in pushing what is basically a reskinned Google product. Why do they care that I use it? I have to use it at work because Microsoft lobbied them heavily and I don't like it at all. But they've also pushed to remove Firefox from everyone's computer :( But really if you want chrome (I don't) why not use the real thing instead of the knock-off?", "context": "", "use_case": "work browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Dark patterns in Windows are steering users to Edge: Mozilla-commissioned report"}, {"id": 792658577, "item_id": 49541161, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541161", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I hate edge so much. I have to use it in work.", "excerpt": "True, I hate edge so much. I have to use it in work. But it just laugh at it because it's so incompetent and mediocre like everything from Microsoft. Firefox on the other hand I use privately and I deeply care about it. That's what makes me pipe up more.", "context": "", "use_case": "work browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hang on to Your Firefox"}]}, {"label": "Performance issues", "summary": "Some reported lag and system freezes, including on a MacBook Pro.", "quotes": [{"id": 747622496, "item_id": 46726406, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726406", "by": "princevegeta89", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I have found edge to cause quite an issue overall.", "excerpt": "I have been noticing this lately on my Macbook Pro. it was updated recently but my system has been freezing on and off at random times and I have found edge to cause quite an issue overall. This is a gentle reminder to remove these shithole browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera etc.) from your machines and move on to something more trustworthy. Currently I'm using Brave and Waterfox. I'll probably look for one more open sour", "context": "MacBook Pro user", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge Constantly at 100% CPU Usage on OS X"}, {"id": 788595553, "item_id": 49287222, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287222", "by": "Singular_Child", "date": "2026-08-13", "stance": "warn", "quote": "least laggy out of that chrome and (eww) edge.", "excerpt": "Been using firefox recently, least laggy out of that chrome and (eww) edge.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What browser do you use?"}]}, {"label": "Linux support", "summary": "One commenter says it barely works on Linux.", "quotes": [{"id": 798151073, "item_id": 49884442, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49884442", "by": "nchmy", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "edge barely works there", "excerpt": "i used edge on windows since it become chromium, but i moved to linux a year ago and edge barely works there. So, i looked around and eventually settled on Vivaldi. It has some annoying quirks, but overall it suits my needs quite nicely. And I like their general ethos more than the rest (that I'm aware of). I use it now exclusively on android and linux.", "context": "", "use_case": "browser on Windows", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}]}], "who": [{"by": "gortok", "context": "uses MacBook, Windows desktop, iPhone and iPad", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089645", "date": "2026-10-14"}, {"by": "eks391", "context": "work only allows those two options", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872359", "date": "2026-09-28"}, {"by": "mda_damico", "context": "Ubuntu laptop user", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48539983", "date": "2026-06-15"}, {"by": "batperson", "context": "web dev", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48473588", "date": "2026-06-10"}, {"by": "m-schuetz", "context": "web developer", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472698", "date": "2026-06-10"}], "tags": ["for uBlock Origin users", "for Microsoft 365 users", "for web devs", "for Xbox"], "use_cases": ["web browsing", "browsing", "work browser", "daily browser", "browser", "browsing across devices"], "compared": [{"slug": "firefox", "name": "Firefox", "co": 29, "switched_from": 2, "switched_to": 2}, {"slug": "chrome", "name": "Chrome", "co": 21, "switched_from": 5, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "vivaldi", "name": "Vivaldi", "co": 5, "switched_from": 1, "switched_to": 2}, {"slug": "brave", "name": "Brave", "co": 5, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "safari", "name": "Safari", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "waterfox", "name": "Waterfox", "co": 1, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 1}, {"slug": "windows", "name": "Windows", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "ublock-origin", "name": "uBlock Origin", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48471970", "title": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow", "mentions": 5}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49878759", "title": "I switched to Brave", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49286427", "title": "Ask HN: What browser do you use?", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220392", "title": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48584207", "title": "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50248055", "title": "Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 1, "warn": 1}, "2025-12": {"warn": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-01": {"warn": 1}, "2026-02": {"warn": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"warn": 1, "neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 3}, "2026-06": {"warn": 2, "neutral": 5, "recommend": 2, "compare": 1}, "2026-07": {"warn": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-08": {"neutral": 4, "warn": 2}, "2026-09": {"warn": 2, "neutral": 3}, "2026-10": {"recommend": 1, "neutral": 3}}, "quotes": [{"id": 804037524, "item_id": 50252345, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50252345", "by": "xp84", "date": "2026-10-26", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Open on my desktop right now: Slack, Outlook, Zoom, Windows Terminal, Edge, Claude, Obsidian, whatever the Windows image viewer is called, Cursor, and VS Code", "excerpt": "> I use lots Oh really? I, sadly, use nearly none. Open on my desktop right now: Slack, Outlook, Zoom, Windows Terminal, Edge, Claude, Obsidian, whatever the Windows image viewer is called, Cursor, and VS Code. Only the last 2 have menu bars. And I can\u2019t be certain that I didn\u2019t dig through the preferences of one or both of them when I first installed them to tell them to knock off the bullshit and give me back the m", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Oldest GUI application that still runs on Windows 11"}, {"id": 801434321, "item_id": 50089645, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50089645", "by": "gortok", "date": "2026-10-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Firefox, edge, brave across these devices.", "excerpt": "This is the issue. I can\u2019t adopt Passkeys if I\u2019m not certain they\u2019re going to work as well as my password manager and Authenticator app, which is to say 100% of the time. When sites ask to set up passkeys, it\u2019s usually native passkeys (especially on iOS). And figuring out how to get the flow to set up a LastPass key by default seems unusually difficult. I also use a MacBook, windows desktop, an iPhone and iPad. I use", "context": "uses MacBook, Windows desktop, iPhone and iPad", "use_case": "browsing across devices", "switched_from": "", "story": "Passkeys are not a trap"}, {"id": 801210434, "item_id": 50075652, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50075652", "by": "MisterTea", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "The office workers just used Edge.", "excerpt": "We used to install FF and Chrome on the local PCs at work to ensure this would not be an issue. The office workers just used Edge.", "context": "", "use_case": "office workers' browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Enterprise"}, {"id": 799748786, "item_id": 49984299, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49984299", "by": "somebudyelse", "date": "2026-10-06", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Plus Firefox or Edge for uBlock support.", "excerpt": "Highly recommend https://nextdns.io, great for all kinds of blocking stuff. Plus Firefox or Edge for uBlock support.", "context": "", "use_case": "browser with uBlock support", "switched_from": "", "story": "System-level ad-blocking in Android"}, {"id": 798151073, "item_id": 49884442, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49884442", "by": "nchmy", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "warn", "quote": "edge barely works there", "excerpt": "i used edge on windows since it become chromium, but i moved to linux a year ago and edge barely works there. So, i looked around and eventually settled on Vivaldi. It has some annoying quirks, but overall it suits my needs quite nicely. And I like their general ethos more than the rest (that I'm aware of). I use it now exclusively on android and linux.", "context": "", "use_case": "browser on Windows", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 798139073, "item_id": 49883692, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49883692", "by": "yipinwong", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use edge sometimes", "excerpt": "nowadays, it's just one thing that catches one's interest that sticks. I use edge sometimes, chrome once in awhile, FF etc. Never do I use brave ever because one incident I forgot about (not about the founder), and it was good enough reason not to go back.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "I switched to Brave"}, {"id": 797957745, "item_id": 49872359, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49872359", "by": "eks391", "date": "2026-09-28", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I did ditch Google/Chrome for Bing/Edge years ago.", "excerpt": "At work I can't customise much, like the browser I use, but I did ditch Google/Chrome for Bing/Edge years ago. Not what I would usually recommend, but when work only allows those two options...", "context": "work only allows those two options", "use_case": "work browser", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "When did Google get so weird?"}, {"id": 795675297, "item_id": 49729706, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49729706", "by": "Ray-On-Emacs", "date": "2026-09-16", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I used MS Edge to find that", "excerpt": "Okay, I used MS Edge to find that \"Chrome/150 and Chrome/152 work fine, it's specifically 151 that seems to be blocked.\" Time for a Vivaldi update...", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Forgejo <=16.0.3 Critical RCE"}, {"id": 792658577, "item_id": 49541161, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49541161", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-09-02", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I hate edge so much. I have to use it in work.", "excerpt": "True, I hate edge so much. I have to use it in work. But it just laugh at it because it's so incompetent and mediocre like everything from Microsoft. Firefox on the other hand I use privately and I deeply care about it. That's what makes me pipe up more.", "context": "", "use_case": "work browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hang on to Your Firefox"}, {"id": 788932178, "item_id": 49308261, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49308261", "by": "picofarad", "date": "2026-08-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I switch to brave or edge if ff won't load something.", "excerpt": "What you say is what I do, Firefox is open all the time, I switch to brave or edge if ff won't load something. I use adnauseam as adblocker. I have never had chrome on windows 10 or 11; nor chromium. For a year chase.com wouldn't allow me to login from Firefox. Dumb.", "context": "", "use_case": "fallback browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin"}, {"id": 788797953, "item_id": 49299872, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49299872", "by": "NishanStepak", "date": "2026-08-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I have four browsers at home Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and Comet which is an AI Browser.", "excerpt": "I use multiple browsers depending on what I am doing. I have four browsers at home Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Chrome, and Comet which is an AI Browser. They all have their different uses.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What browser do you use?"}, {"id": 788595553, "item_id": 49287222, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49287222", "by": "Singular_Child", "date": "2026-08-13", "stance": "warn", "quote": "least laggy out of that chrome and (eww) edge.", "excerpt": "Been using firefox recently, least laggy out of that chrome and (eww) edge.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What browser do you use?"}, {"id": 787621809, "item_id": 49226363, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226363", "by": "Marsymars", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Edge primarily just to access MS sites, logging into the browser with MS account makes it easy.", "excerpt": "Firefox is my main browser, but I use all of Safari/Vivaldi/Edge with some specific configuration for some specific things. Edge primarily just to access MS sites, logging into the browser with MS account makes it easy.", "context": "", "use_case": "accessing Microsoft sites", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 787541072, "item_id": 49221317, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221317", "by": "anaisbetts", "date": "2026-08-08", "stance": "warn", "quote": "the biggest reason that I use Edge just got thrown out, time to switch to Firefox.", "excerpt": "Welp, the biggest reason that I use Edge just got thrown out, time to switch to Firefox.", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge is about to lock out older ad blockers, just like Chrome did"}, {"id": 786860593, "item_id": 49178787, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49178787", "by": "stkdump", "date": "2026-08-04", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I have also tested with Edge, same result.", "excerpt": "Funnily I can't reproduce the effect at all. I am using Firefox and with sidebar the content of the page centers on the remaining viewport width, like any other site does. I have also tested with Edge, same result. With Edge's auto collapse (i.e. non sticky vertical tabs), I get the described effect, but again this is like any other site. I was actually expecting quite bad results in Edge because it has some sidebars", "context": "", "use_case": "testing page layout", "switched_from": "", "story": "We finally learned to center a div, then browsers added sidebars"}, {"id": 785958864, "item_id": 49122429, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49122429", "by": "running101", "date": "2026-07-31", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge is always 30% to 50% more efficient.", "excerpt": "I recently switched from Chrome to Edge after using Chrome for decades. It is so bloated and slow. I can have same number of tabs open in both and Edge is always 30% to 50% more efficient.", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Google fixed more Chrome bugs in June than over the past two years, thanks to AI"}, {"id": 782868224, "item_id": 48929264, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48929264", "by": "wolvoleo", "date": "2026-07-15", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I have to use it at work because Microsoft lobbied them heavily and I don't like it at all.", "excerpt": "I don't really understand why they're putting so much effort in pushing what is basically a reskinned Google product. Why do they care that I use it? I have to use it at work because Microsoft lobbied them heavily and I don't like it at all. But they've also pushed to remove Firefox from everyone's computer :( But really if you want chrome (I don't) why not use the real thing instead of the knock-off?", "context": "", "use_case": "work browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Dark patterns in Windows are steering users to Edge: Mozilla-commissioned report"}, {"id": 777784577, "item_id": 48611536, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48611536", "by": "codethief", "date": "2026-06-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I haven't really been able to use outlook.office.com in anything but Edge", "excerpt": "> Bonus points for it running fine on Linux, too. I haven't really been able to use outlook.office.com in anything but Edge, which on my Windows machine automatically authenticates with M365. In other browsers I regularly get stuck in an auth redirect loop between different Microsoft domains when I open the site. Sometimes it helps to clear all cookies and re-login (which is a real pain with 2FA and all) but it only ", "context": "", "use_case": "accessing Outlook web", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"}, {"id": 777419521, "item_id": 48588720, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48588720", "by": "pornel", "date": "2026-06-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "dodging unkillable Edge", "excerpt": "I use Windows exclusively for games, but I don't like playing the game of disabling upsells, dodging unkillable Edge, and restoring secret pre-AI versions of Windows components.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft new Outlook takes 10 seconds to do what Outlook Classic does instantly"}, {"id": 776639729, "item_id": 48539983, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48539983", "by": "mda_damico", "date": "2026-06-15", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "once moved to Edge (Chromium) because some sites I used stopped opening and working in Firefox.", "excerpt": "I use Chrome, Edge, and Firefox on my laptop with Ubuntu (16 GB RAM) and see no major difference in memory eating. But with Chrome and Edge I have support of newest web APIs rather with Firefox and Safari don't. I'd used Firefox as my main browser before but once moved to Edge (Chromium) because some sites I used stopped opening and working in Firefox. Dev tools are good as in Chrome as well in Firefox I think.", "context": "Ubuntu laptop user", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "Firefox", "story": "Chrome had the highest idle CPU and RAM usage in a 5-browser benchmark"}, {"id": 775897120, "item_id": 48493570, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48493570", "by": "pseudosavant", "date": "2026-06-11", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Easily the most capable browser a console has ever had.", "excerpt": "Kind of surprised that the current Chromium-based Edge gets no attention other than being mentioned. It is basically the same as the desktop Edge. Easily the most capable browser a console has ever had. It has support for things like the gamepad API, wasm, etc. You can do things like run emulators via RetroArch web using your gamepad properly. It's video support includes MP4/MKV with H264+AAC/AC3/MP3. I've used it to", "context": "", "use_case": "browser on game consoles", "switched_from": "", "story": "Web Browsers on Video Game Consoles"}, {"id": 775661777, "item_id": 48478861, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48478861", "by": "KronisLV", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "compare", "quote": "I explored both Edge as my daily driver for a year or so and also Safari on my Mac - both are actually fine", "excerpt": "Switched back over to Firefox a few weeks ago, it's as pleasant as I remember it being. Unfortunately sometimes my Intel Arc B580 has a driver quirk where all the windows freeze and unlike Chromium based browsers I can't open Task Manager and kill the GPU Process and have it restart and have everything keep working, but rather have to kill the whole browser and restart it and hope the tabs load back correctly - thank", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775647842, "item_id": 48477990, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48477990", "by": "genewitch", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I can load it on edge every time it fails on firefox.", "excerpt": "i am unclear on if it's because of the adblocker (specifically i use ad nauseam which does block some JS. some.) or because of firefox. I can load it on edge every time it fails on firefox. last week, chase.com worked fine on firefox. the previous 15 months where i needed to log in, it did not. Someone at chase isn't checking their work on firefox.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Building an HTML-first site doubled our users overnight"}, {"id": 775598785, "item_id": 48474924, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48474924", "by": "nchmy", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I used edge on windows and android ever since it started used chromium", "excerpt": "Give Vivaldi a try. I used edge on windows and android ever since it started used chromium, and switched to Vivaldi on Linux and android 8 months ago. Generally quite happy with it - not really missing any features from edge.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775577408, "item_id": 48473588, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48473588", "by": "batperson", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it", "excerpt": "Edge user here. For one, chromium is faster than firefox, any given page will load about 20% faster, another reason is edge workspaces feature, I've grown to like it, which seems to be some sort of chromium feature that everyone bakes in weird ways if at all, and I'm still running ublock origin on edge without any funky bypasses. Then there's a fact that a bunch of sites/webapps straight up refuse to work on firefox ", "context": "web dev", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775563170, "item_id": 48472698, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472698", "by": "m-schuetz", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Since Chrome blocked ublock, I switched to Edge.", "excerpt": "I switched from Firefox to Chrome a couple of years back because Firefox always dragged its feet when it came to implementing important developer features. Like, DataView was excruciatingly slow in Firefox; WebGPU support didnt go anywhere; and they initially refused to implement import maps. I consider the latter to be an essential tool as it allows me to work without the need for build systems. Also, chrome dev too", "context": "web developer", "use_case": "browsing with uBlock", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 775562608, "item_id": 48472663, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48472663", "by": "m-schuetz", "date": "2026-06-10", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I switched from chrome to edge so I can continue using ublock origin.", "excerpt": "I hope not, I switched from chrome to edge so I can continue using ublock origin.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing with uBlock Origin", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Google Chrome is killing all uBlock Origin bypasses, Edge, Opera to follow"}, {"id": 773912385, "item_id": 48369524, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48369524", "by": "economistbob", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Microsoft is even driving that dark pattern crap into the professional space and automatically grabbing passwords  etc. via Edge.", "excerpt": "The Neo success is heavily about Microsoft grabbing all the data and syncing everything to their servers and using dark patterns. The macbook neo is antiWindows not anti PC. The new Dell is nice, but it runs Windows so all that data grabbing dark pattern privacy ruining crap is under the hood. Mac Neo is the anti KGB device in a svelte shell. It is a long term strategic play and nothing running Windows will compete a", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "MacBook Pro Rival with the Nvidia Powered Surface Laptop Ultra"}, {"id": 772832674, "item_id": 48302042, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48302042", "by": "epolanski", "date": "2026-05-27", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "as Edge Is my daily driver", "excerpt": "I use a mix of Bing (as Edge Is my daily driver) and duckduckgo, and i have to say I rarely need to use Google. I don't think that's because they are better search engines, but because their usage covers 99% of my queries and some AI like perplexity covers the remaining 1%.", "context": "", "use_case": "daily browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"}, {"id": 771544193, "item_id": 48221512, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221512", "by": "agotterer", "date": "2026-05-21", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I eventually switched to Edge a few years ago because it was nice and lite.", "excerpt": "I used Vivaldi for many years and was a huge advocate. The problem for me was the browser got too bloated and buggy. They kept adding functionality that for me wasn\u2019t necessary. For example: built in Proton VPN support, calendars, email functionality, notes, a game arcade. I don\u2019t want any of that bundled in my browser. I want my browser to be lite weight. I eventually switched to Edge a few years ago because it was ", "context": "", "use_case": "web browsing", "switched_from": "Vivaldi", "story": "Vivaldi 8.0: our biggest design overhaul"}, {"id": 770016529, "item_id": 48126033, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126033", "by": "okanat", "date": "2026-05-13", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Some even switched to Edge since it plays better with the battery.", "excerpt": "I actually have seen this in my current company. Many developers switched browsers away from Firefox. Some even switched to Edge since it plays better with the battery. I know early adopters of Brave from its early years too. When things get a bit bigger in JIRA, Firefox's JS engine struggles with horrifying amount of JS JIRA throws at it. Same for Google Meet and Zoom. I tried and realized Firefox has a huge power c", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "Firefox", "story": "EU browser choice rules send millions more users Firefox's way"}, {"id": 768252192, "item_id": 48015762, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48015762", "by": "notepad0x90", "date": "2026-05-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Edge has done a lot to improve credential security", "excerpt": "mixed feelings on this, edge is supposed to store creds via DPAPI to the most part. you should also really not use password saving feature on edge (or any browser), it exposes you to a lot more threats that you need. But.. saved passwords are not the same thing as \"secrets\" the browser uses. It has to be able to provide plain text passwords to websites. This is a really bad feature browsers should just not have to be", "context": "", "use_case": "web browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge stores all passwords in memory in clear text, even when unused"}, {"id": 767500512, "item_id": 47968782, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47968782", "by": "dctoedt", "date": "2026-04-30", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use Edge bcs of the vertical tabs", "excerpt": "Seems to do this in Microsoft Edge, too.* * I use Edge bcs of the vertical tabs \u2014 Safari's equivalent is a poor substitute. Firefox didn't seem to have vertical tabs last time I checked.", "context": "", "use_case": "browsing with vertical tabs", "switched_from": "", "story": "LinkedIn is scanning browser extensions"}, {"id": 762130433, "item_id": 47633152, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47633152", "by": "gogurt2000", "date": "2026-04-03", "stance": "warn", "quote": "like Edge, OneDrive, Copilot, etc.", "excerpt": "Windows: - Bloat: software packages and services that cannot be entirely removed (at least not without 3rd party tools) like Edge, OneDrive, Copilot, etc. - Requiring a MS account - Their focus on adding new features and changing visual elements to make things feel fresh (and justify their asking price) at the cost of stability -- both in terms of system stability (it's absurd how often file explorer windows crash in", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you dislike most about Linux and Windows?"}, {"id": 754548050, "item_id": 47159253, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47159253", "by": "ruszki", "date": "2026-02-25", "stance": "warn", "quote": "That list is way too long for my taste, and it really indicated me that Windows became completely adversarial.", "excerpt": "This was one of the most outrageous data grab in the past years. They replaced the completely working simple Mail app, which I used until that point, with this garbage, and I was just lucky that I paid attention, and I stopped for a sec what is that warning which tells you that they grab literally all of your emails. Btw, just before that I found this page regarding Edge, and this is why I paid more attention to thes", "context": "", "use_case": "browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Windows 11 Notepad to support Markdown"}, {"id": 747622496, "item_id": 46726406, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46726406", "by": "princevegeta89", "date": "2026-01-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I have found edge to cause quite an issue overall.", "excerpt": "I have been noticing this lately on my Macbook Pro. it was updated recently but my system has been freezing on and off at random times and I have found edge to cause quite an issue overall. This is a gentle reminder to remove these shithole browsers (Chrome, Edge, Opera etc.) from your machines and move on to something more trustworthy. Currently I'm using Brave and Waterfox. I'll probably look for one more open sour", "context": "MacBook Pro user", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Microsoft Edge Constantly at 100% CPU Usage on OS X"}, {"id": 740949729, "item_id": 46309358, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46309358", "by": "protocolture", "date": "2025-12-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "The other \"approved\" browser we have is edge which is fine", "excerpt": "I use firefox for work, and I am pretty cool with that. The other \"approved\" browser we have is edge which is fine, and edge actually replaced Chrome entirely when it was approved. I cant remember what caused Chrome to be dropped, but I imagine it was less impressive than a boatload of opt out AI features. Now I am going to have to propose the canonisation of one of Firefox's forks, which will be difficult because we", "context": "", "use_case": "work browser", "switched_from": "Chrome", "story": "Mozilla's New CEO Confirms Firefox Will Become an \"AI Browser\""}, {"id": 737830737, "item_id": 46114421, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46114421", "by": "jrjfjgkrj", "date": "2025-12-01", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Firefox is not pushing AI at every opportunity like Edge for example", "excerpt": "I use Firefox as my main browser. when the AI tab/sidebar appeared, I just closed it. that's it. and it never appeared again. I didn't need to change any special setting. maybe there was another dialog or two which asked me to enable AI something which I answered No and dont remember. this article is written in bad faith, Firefox is not pushing AI at every opportunity like Edge for example", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mozilla's latest quagmire"}, {"id": 736309042, "item_id": 46019315, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46019315", "by": "FridayoLeary", "date": "2025-11-22", "stance": "warn", "quote": "Edge is a little bit worse at this then chrome which is why nobody uses it.", "excerpt": "I've noticed that Firefox has steadily been eating up more and more of my CPU/RAM lately. It's not been significant enough to make me use Chrome, but it is a worrying trend. The main thing i want of a browser is for it to get out of my way. Edge is a little bit worse at this then chrome which is why nobody uses it. There's very little distinguishing browsers, a large part of the reason i continue to use firefox is be", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy"}, {"id": 734913281, "item_id": 45932080, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45932080", "by": "aljgz", "date": "2025-11-14", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I'm using Firefox, Edge, and Chrome on phone and desktop.", "excerpt": "This is going to be disliked, but it's my opinion: I believe being hardline on the organizations and products that actually respect users and choices leads to much worse outcome. I'm using Firefox, Edge, and Chrome on phone and desktop. My main browser is Firefox on both, and I use the two others only when needed. I trust Mozilla to be more aligned with my needs than any company that creates a free tool to keep users", "context": "", "use_case": "secondary browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla"}]}