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Microsoft Edge is the top downloaded package on macOS Homebrew (formulae.brew.sh)
21 points by payasr 1642 days ago
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NobodyNada 1642 days ago
*Top downloaded cask, which only includes GUI applications . Regular formulae are at [1]; the most popular is OpenSSL.

Note that these statistics are only for the last 30 days, and they only include users who have opted into Homebrew analytics (and I suspect users who don’t opt in are much less likely to download Microsoft products). That being said, I’m definitely still surprised that it’s number 1 — who uses Edge on a Mac? Maybe web developers who need to test their websites?

[1]: https://formulae.brew.sh/analytics/install/30d/

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actuallyalys 1641 days ago
Looking over the past year [0] shows a more expected distribution, with Edge at #8 and Chrome and Firefox above it.

[0]: https://formulae.brew.sh/analytics/cask-install/365d/

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charrondev 1642 days ago
I swapped to it from Firefox. I want to avoid google, but the chromium dev tools are better. Also they have a really nice side tabs in Edge (built in).

Additionally they also have a built in tab suspension feature with an exclusion list.

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tonyedgecombe 1641 days ago
I did for a while but then it started trying to interefere with my Amazon purchases so I went back to Firefox.
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toper-centage 1641 days ago
You want to avoid Google for Microsoft? What is the reason?
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emptyparadise 1641 days ago
Microsoft is arguably the lesser evil given that their business model doesn't rely on data collection and tracking.
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latexr 1641 days ago
> cask, which only includes GUI applications

Casks include way more than GUI applications: fonts, drivers, audio plugins, colour pickers, proprietary CLI tools…

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chrislas 1636 days ago
Is this a way to avoid that awful Microsoft updater?
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