[r00fus]

For good reason. Microsoft left their browser dev abandoned for 5 years after they "won" their bitter war against Netscape. And only the Firefox (nee Phoenix) browser rising from the ashes of Netscape fought on.

Edge is a decent browser, but Microsoft was not kind nor to be trusted back then. They have to earn their new trust.

On the open-source front we now have several great browsers - Safari/Webkit (which is very strong on mobile), Chrome/Blink (was Webkit) which dominates, and Firefox/Gecko which is a solid reliable browser thats crossplatform.

Why should anyone choose Edge?

[HugoDaniel]

If you include Safari/Webkit on that list then don't forget to also include Edge/Chakra[0] ;)

[0] https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore

[r00fus]

Is Edge cross-platform on significant platforms?

[HugoDaniel]

It works on my xbox one