10 Reasons Why All This 'Edge for Linux' Coverage is a Total Farce

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2020-10-22 01:11:03 UTC
Modified: 2020-10-22 01:11:03 UTC

As infographic:

10 Reasons Why All This 'Edge for Linux' Coverage is a Total Farce: infographic

Summary: The fake hype surrounding "Edge" is an inauthentic hype/buzz campaign made to coincide with anti-Google sentiments spread by Microsoft front/pressure groups [1, 2]

Why "Linux" sites should not cover (participate in Microsoft PR for) "Edge":

Proprietary software

Spyware

Controlled by anti-Linux company

Only a "preview" (for GNU/Linux), despite being based on something that already supported GNU/Linux just fine

Only a ripoff of someone else's browser (which is likely better in every way)

Being anti-competitively forced upon users (Windows)

Comes from monopoly abuser (convicted)

Comes from company that deliberately broke the Web with proprietary extensions (e.g. ActiveX)

Will always prioritise Windows and push other proprietary software (for Windows mostly)

Relies on heavy AstroTurfing rather than ingenuity

Comments

neverreboot

2020-10-22 04:22:52

I'm curious if the "New" Edge/Chrome will feature Active X. I really hope they get rid of Active X. I hate having to deal with it.

Dr. Roy Schestowitz

2020-10-24 00:34:51

They already add extensions, e.g. to GitHub

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