I get the Edge-hate. I have my own experiences with lack of accessibility support in earlier versions. But, philosophically speaking, there is no difference between using Edge and Chrome. There are things which simply shouldnt be controlled by a single large company like MS or G. The difference between Chrome and Edge seems to be that Google managed to launch Chrome before they dumped their reputation. And some of the old rep seemingly stuck to Chrome. This is silly.
I actually like Edge. Although it looks like the Windows Marketing team have recently taken a renewed interest in this old victim of theirs and have managed to take over product management and strategy.
- Fancy looking but essentially dumbed down "fly-out" menus rather than full page versions of downloads, history, etc. Very buggy and slow too. Cannot disable.
- Pinterest integration, pricewatch integration, more along these lines to come.
- The ability to disable the various "Search Bing" options was recently removed. These buttons are now also positioned in such a way that they're easy to click accidentally.
- Each release consists of more new features, but also more bugs and more instability. Even without extensions I've been getting an insane amount of crashes lately and no way to find out what happened.
One other thing that has been bugging me since the beginning, is the fact that MS365 Business Standard accounts are the only type that cannot use the browser's synchronisation functionality. Considering even free outlook.com accounts can sync it is actually a little bit insulting.
Edge is actually really good otherwise. It has some nice tiny features that Chrome still lacks, it's faster than Chrome, its devtools are the same as Chrome's, it can use Chrome extensions if you like. Integrations with VSCode are also being worked on that I'm actually excited about.
This shit they're pulling lately is starting to become rather tiresome, though, and I'd hate to have to leave this browser behind because of that. I'd also have no idea which alternative to turn to.
There is a functional difference between bing and google search though, or am I wrong in still stubbornly googling? The other thing is - perhaps let users choose browser them selves? Or compete by being better instead of being the same...
