• const_void
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    1 year ago

    Edge is so trashy. It’s constantly trying to shove politics, celebrity gossip and Bing down your throat.

    • 𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I got sick of Edge constantly pushing penis pills and whatever pseudo-medicine bullshit on me. So I changed the settings to get rid of all that garbage. I did the same on my work computer, except it’s a dark grey screen with just a search bar. I only use Edge once in a blue moon on my own computer, but I use it a lot on my work computer because we use Azure for logins. It just simplifies the process a little. We also have a few antiquated systems that only work through Edge with IE mode.

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      I’m also not a big fan of Pocket on Firefox so I’ve got all that turned off, too. I haven’t exactly hardened it, but I’ve taken steps to just make it look clean. If there’s anything Chrome does absolutely right, it’s a simple, lightweight, uncluttered welcome/home screen that you don’t have to do anything to get there. Still ain’t picking it over Firefox, though.

      I used to use Momentum back when I used Chrome so I’m sure that can also fix Edge’s trashiness with a simple add-on.

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        1 year ago

        Ever notice how you can’t change the new tab/home page in Edge? It’s locked down to some page on a Microsoft server (often slow to load too).

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      1 year ago

      The way they promote it intrusively in every corner of windows they can manage is trashy too.