You should be able to use whatever browser you want without Microsoft being nosy about it. Now that Edge is actually good, why can't Microsoft let the product speak for itself? These kinds of practices tarnish the name of Edge and Microsoft in general.

Related: The Best Microsoft Edge Tricks and How to Use ThemĪfter all, Microsoft is making it harder to switch default browsers in Windows 11, forcing people to use Edge when opening Windows links, and now it's passively-aggressively telling people to stick to Edge while they're trying to download other browsers. So we're really wondering, is this kind of thing necessary? It's as fast as Chrome is, and it adds a bunch of improvements to the standard Chromium experience. And it's showing, as Edge's market share is growing larger and larger every day.

Microsoft actually has a good thing going with Edge now, and that's something that we have to admit.