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I really wanted to try out Edge. But there are no extensions of any sort. With out the password/bookmark managers and all, how can anyone get started in this thing. I switch back and forth between firefox and chrome because of the cross platform extensions. Microsoft should pay developers to bring their products to edge. At least the popular ones.

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Extensions exist, and are installed via the Microsoft Store. I use Bitwarden for password management in Edge.

so you need a microsoft account to download extensions for your browser?

most windows 10 users don't realize its even possible to use windows 10 without a microsoft account... and eventually, it probably won't be possible except for enterprise users.

All while they subsidize the cost of the OS for spyware from their manufacturers, or flat out pay for it with enterprise licensing. Something something... customer experience makes it necessary to require a cloud account to login to your OS.

Edge didn't have extensions when it first came out, but it does have them now, including: uBlock, Adblock, LastPass, RES, Tampermonkey. Still nowhere near what Firefox or Chrome has though.

I can't tell if you're joking. Why would you want to use a single-platfrom, closed-source browser? We've been there, done that. You say you use Chrome and FF for cross platform features so you must have cross platform concerns. Anything they do to encourage developers and users to support it would be a huge step backwards for the world.

closed-sourced problems aside, a common plugin ecosystem is really all most users would need to feel at home (if those plugins sync data between installations). if i have my password manager available in two browsers, it doesn't matter much that the "back" button looks a little different on my phone versus my laptop.

i still won't use edge personally, but for other reasons.

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