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I wonder why Microsoft doesn't make Edge a privacy-oriented browser. I'm surprised they think they can make more from the data economy than they would gain by seriously hurting Google et al.

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Because Microsoft has had a history of caring about privacy?

I'd expect something like this from Apple with Safari, but not Microsoft. M$ can't even give its own developer base privacy by allowing all telemetry to be disabled.

Companies don't care about jack shit. Tim Cook doesn't "believe in" privacy, he thinks it helps sell devices (and that lack of privacy could lead to scandal that would hurt sales).

Whether one company is effectively more private than the other has nothing to do with what the company actually believes. It doesn't really matter what they believe. When you compare the two companies, Microsoft arguably has a greater history of embedding tracking in its products than Apple. This isn't to say that Apple doesn't track anything. As far as I'm aware, Apple didn't help the NSA bypass encryption or build backdoors into its OS.

There's too much money to be made foisting payday loans on the dwindling userbase. https://www.howtogeek.com/769427/microsoft-edge-wants-to-giv...

Those aren't payday loans, but interesting nonetheless.

Microsoft went all-in on "growth & engagement" since Windows 8.

Why sell OSes for money when you can get "engagement" instead?

They have a private experience setup available(not private mode).I don't remember name but as soon as you install edge, it asks what level privacy you want to manage. That I guess should be fine.

Since when does Microsoft care about privacy?

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