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'''Microsoft Edge''' is a proprietary web browser developed by Microsoft, first released in 2015 as the successor to Internet Explorer. Based on the Chromium engine since 2020, Edge is marketed as a fast and secure browser with integration across Microsoft services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-30 |title=What's the difference between the new Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Edge Legacy? |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/what-s-the-difference-between-the-new-microsoft-edge-and-microsoft-edge-legacy-a01258e5-8c05-7bbb-bed2-c65bec0eb126 |url-status=live |website=Microsoft Support}}</ref> However, its deep embedding into Windows and Microsoft’s promotional tactics have drawn ongoing criticism.<sup>[''[[Consumer Rights Wiki:Verifiability|citation needed]]'']</sup> | '''Microsoft Edge''' is a proprietary web browser developed by [[Microsoft]], first released in 2015 as the successor to Internet Explorer. Based on the [[Chromium]] engine since 2020, Edge is marketed as a fast and secure browser with integration across Microsoft services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-30 |title=What's the difference between the new Microsoft Edge and Microsoft Edge Legacy? |url=https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/what-s-the-difference-between-the-new-microsoft-edge-and-microsoft-edge-legacy-a01258e5-8c05-7bbb-bed2-c65bec0eb126 |url-status=live |website=Microsoft Support |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20251122093923/https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/what-s-the-difference-between-the-new-microsoft-edge-and-microsoft-edge-legacy-a01258e5-8c05-7bbb-bed2-c65bec0eb126 |archive-date=22 Nov 2025 | ||
}}<nowiki>}}</nowiki></ref> However, its deep embedding into Windows and Microsoft’s promotional tactics have drawn ongoing criticism.<sup>[''[[Consumer Rights Wiki:Verifiability|citation needed]]'']</sup> | |||
==Consumer impact summary== | ==Consumer impact summary== | ||
====Freedom==== | ====Freedom==== | ||
Microsoft Edge | Microsoft discourages people from switching to a different web browser. Edge is set as the default browser in Windows, and is sometimes automatically re-installed when Windows updates occur.<ref> | ||
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| title=How to prevent new Microsoft Edge from installing automatically on Windows 10 | |||
| url=https://www.windowscentral.com/how-prevent-microsoft-edge-chromium-installing-automatically-windows-10 | |||
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| date=2020-06-05 | |||
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{{Cite web |date=2025-01-06 |title=Edge Reïnstalls Itself? |url=https://www.elevenforum.com/t/edge-reinstalls-itself.32137/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260405195715/https://www.elevenforum.com/t/edge-reinstalls-itself.32137/ |archive-date=5 Apr 2026 |access-date=2026-02-24 |website=Windows ElevenForum}} | |||
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When attempting to install Google Chrome, for example, Edge displays text telling people "There's no need to download a new web browser", among other things. | |||
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|title=Microsoft says its own Edge browser is more trustworthy than "so 2008" Google Chrome |url=https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-says-its-own-edge-browser-is-more-trustworthy-than-so-2008-google-chrome/ | |||
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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202081952/https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-says-its-own-edge-browser-is-more-trustworthy-than-so-2008-google-chrome/ | |||
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Microsoft also hosts a page on their website with the URL "https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/uninstall-edge", suggesting this is a guide to uninstall the browser. However, the page is actually titled "Are you sure you want to uninstall Microsoft Edge?" and attempts to convince the reader that Edge is worth using, misleading readers.<!-- TODO: Update citation 5's archive link from archive.today. An archive.org capture failed, need to find different archival service that works.--> | |||
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{{Cite web |date=2025-02-11 |title=Uninstall Microsoft Edge |url=http://archive.today/01vwF |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.org/details/screenshot-20260405-210358085-1 |archive-date=5 Apr 2026 |website=Microsoft.com}} | |||
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| website=TechRadar | |||
| title=Sorry, you're not getting Microsoft Edge off of your PC, at least according to its new 'uninstall' document | |||
| date=2025-02-07 | |||
| access-date=2026-02-24 | |||
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251208104305/https://www.techradar.com/computing/edge/sorry-youre-not-getting-microsoft-edge-off-of-your-pc-at-least-according-to-its-new-uninstall-document | |||
| archive-date=2025-12-08 | |||
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All of these methods try to keep Edge installed on a person's computer and try to maximize the chances that person uses Edge. | |||
====Privacy==== | ====Privacy==== | ||