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> very dark patterns to force Edge usage

vs aggressive opt-out Chrome installers bundled in multiple popular apps like CCLeaner? Or endless pop-outs as soon as someone ends up on an alphabet-owned website?

Seriously, settings and files shared among devices (like on iOS) is a pretty great feature for the average consumer. I understand that Pro users that had filesync since DropBox launched in 2007 don't see the added value.

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I don't see how Google's bad behaviour with Chrome installers excuses Microsoft in any way. Arguably Microsoft is still worse since they intentionally obfuscate system settings so even informed users have difficulty changing their browser settings (which 'sententiously' reset to Edge every so often).

I agree that file sharing is a great feature. I use One Drive every day. However Dropbox is not running an advertising network embedded in their OS nor are they placing ads in the default file explorer in an OS to upsell users on services.

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