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Geerling tweeted: "I recommend Firefox, Safari, or (gasp!) even Edge instead. Those browsers don't try to work around any privacy-preserving steps I take to protect myself online."

And how is edge better? So many things i can't shut down or even remove from the ui.

I'd pay good money for a browser extension that filters out hyperbole.

It seems in the attention game that is the internet, people feel the need to make the most extreme statements they can possibly come up with. Perspective and reasonableness be damned. Because, case in point, it works.

So the most popular browser on the internet is "hot garbage"... The one everyone immediately installs onto any Windows or Mac machine they encounter.

OK, sure.