Yes but they could have had that with the old Edge.. I just don't understand how the browser engine was a barrier to adoption. It didn't perform badly at all every time I tested, it worked just fine.
I think it was just the marketing effort that got Edge Chromium more adopted, not the move to chromium itself. Every time we had a call with a MS consultant (about any unrelated topic) they had to bring it up again, it was crazy.
It didn't have enough adoption despite the ads in Windows 10. Also it there was too much functionality to duplicate. So they decided to use Chromium instead, keep the Edge UI andthe ads. A good decision actually. Less bug to bug compatibility needed as most websites target Chrome anyway. I'm happy about it, there's one less browser engine to support that I dont care about. We target FF and Chromium. Safari is enough of a nuisance, only high impact bugs get fixed. It's the new IE.
I think it was just the marketing effort that got Edge Chromium more adopted, not the move to chromium itself. Every time we had a call with a MS consultant (about any unrelated topic) they had to bring it up again, it was crazy.