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I feel like I'm in the minority here, but Edge has been consistently better than every other browser I've tried.

I have about 30 tabs open across 3 windows on my 10 yo. laptop, that I upgraded to 8GB of RAM. If I try to open even 10 tabs in Firefox, the laptop slows down to hell.

Running a local speed test to my Linux server on MS Edge, I get ~910Mb/s download (CPU maxes out) and ~980Mb/s upload.

If I fire up Firefox and run this same test, I get ~260Mb/s download/upload, with the CPU maxed out of course.

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Edge is the way to go for Windows machines,especially if you prefer the chromium engine.

MS made lots of Windows specific optimizations, with a focus on memory use. The other killer feature is 'secure mode' that disables JS JIT, which is where most if the security issues have come from in modern browsers. Plus, in this context, MS's incentives align much closer to mine than one if the largest advertising companies in the world.

I disagree. I have yet to see a browser try to enable so much telemetry and features that track everything you do on the web. There are like 30+ things unique to Edge that they push on users. Even after turning them off, I've had Edge magically turn them back on without my consent. Chrome isn't perfect, but if you know what to disable it really isn't that challenging to make it as privacy-friendly as Firefox... and Firefox isn't the perfect angel here either. Chromium is even better, especially on Linux to escape some of the "Google-ification". I really do not see any difference between Chromium and Firefox when it comes to default privacy settings. Regardless, it is always best to go in and disable them or use a policy file to do so.

I've used Edge for almost a full year, didn't notice any difference from chrome, despite being complimented for better windows optimization. Moved back to Chrome.

It wasn't disappointing, but it's just that I didn't have a reason to stay there.

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