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> Make a better product and people will actually use it.

If I am frequently advertised a product or tricked into using a product against my will, not matter how good it is I will prefer alternatives.

(not saying that's Edge; I have not used Windows 11 so I don't know what actually happens when using it or trying to download a browser)

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When you try to use Edge to download Chrome, it aggressively prompts you to not install Chrome and just keep using Edge. I imagine it's similar if you try to install Firefox.

(On the other hand, while Apple has been taking unix tools out of the default install, Windows now comes with a bundled curl, so I just use that to download Chrome)

What counts as aggressive is obviously a personal opinion, but what it did was open an (ignorable) dialog in the url bar stating that Edge is based on the same technology as Chrome and with better performance (and a button to switch to the edge download page). Also, it didn't do anything when I tried to download Firefox (from the standard download page).

Eye of the beholder, sure, but I would argue that when my computer prompts me more than once not to do something that is my clearly expressed intent, that counts as aggressive.

Hell, it's less aggressive about prompting you not to run malware.

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