Microsoft is sending Edge users weird messages when they try to download Chrome, and it’s not OK.
Microsoft Edge was once a good alternative to Google Chrome, and now it seems the browser is spiraling. Just a few days ago, I wrote about how angry Edge users were bashing Microsoft for integrating a financing app directly into the browser. Now the software giant is stoking the flames by putting a warning in Windows 11 when users try to install Google Chrome from the Edge browser. As discovered by Windows Latest, a pop-up alert now appears, discouraging people from jumping ship to Chrome. Microsoft seems to be using several different prompts, including the below messages (props to Neowin for finding these): So let’s break these down. Obviously, the first two are somewhat contradictory. Why is it that Microsoft’s “new” browser also runs on the same technology as Chrome, which the company criticizes for being old? Surely, Microsoft, in the past 13 years, could have come up with better technology.
