[andy0x2a]

Microsoft needs to do everything they can to promote Edge in order to capture market share.

Edge and Microsoft have nowhere near the browser share needed to pull this behavior. And this differentiator is a detractor for me rather than a useful feature.

But then again this wasn't built for the end-users, this is clearly revenue base. Just another reason to not use Edge.

[lozenge]

They are. You can't use many features of Windows any more without Edge opening - default browser or not.

[pbhjpbhj]

They're riding the line of unfairly non-competitive behaviour again. They haven't learnt. Seems they just got better as an organisation at hiding their malignancy behind a facade of propriety.

[8note]

I don't think the market is in a similar place anymore. You can avoid edge by using your iphone, and you can avoid safari by using your laptop

[donmcronald]

It might be different legally, but it's the same scummy behavior that I'd like to see punished. Maybe it's time for updated laws so having two or three global competitors isn't considered ok.

[merrywhether]

But how much money can they possibly be making from a deal like this? It surely is a blip on MS’ radar. That’s what so confusing about dumb moves like this while Edge is still trying to gain market share.

[siproprio]

They don't need any promotion. They'll just achieve domination through bundling edge with windows and making it impossible to switch.

I used to have a more positive version of microsoft up until the point they started flexing their evil muscles to push low quality products into technically unsophisticated users. Edge+Bing+Office+Windows feeding on each other is the greatest example right now.

Gladly we acted as quickly as possible where I worked to leave github when they announced the msft acquisition, so at least my part is covered.

[grishka]

> this is clearly revenue base

As if Windows itself is free. I mean it technically is, you can use it just fine without activation, but isn't the cost of these licenses supposed to pay for everything?

[mastax]

Doesn't matter how profitable you are, you need to make more next quarter.

[grishka]

It feels like there has to be some limit to this kind of "growth".