Edge with Chromium: What to Expect?

Microsoft has decided to adopt this Chromium στον Edge. Όχι δεν πρόκειται για αστείο, και φυσικά δημιουργεί ερωτήματα. "Γιατί χρειαζόμαστε ένα Edge με Chromium και δεν κατεβάζουμε τον Chrome;"

But there is also the opposite question:

"Γιατί να χρησιμοποιήσουμε τον Chrome όταν υπάρχει ένας Edge που τροφοδοτείται από το Chromium;"

If you think about why you are not using Edge, you will find one very important: O Microsoft did not have the extensions that Chrome has, and of course no one wants to give up their favorite extensions.Edge

Just like when Firefox competed with Internet Explorer, users fell in love with all third-party add-ons, and I think for many, choosing a browser is directly linked to whether it supports extensions.

I'm not talking about the users who don't know what a browser does and just press the "blue e" which takes them to "google".
These are probably the reason why when Microsoft released Edge the logo was similar to what it used for Internet Explorer. The same users are likely and the reason the upcoming Edge with Chromium will not change name or logo.

Microsoft naturally expects it will be very easy for developers to customize Chrome extensions to Edge. Details do not exist until now, but most Chrome extensions will work. So too many will be the ones who can try Edge if it offers the variety of Chrome extensions.

Why; We should mention that there is a big deal about Chrome, mainly because it is so dominant in the market where Google does very often what it wants (Chrome has the 63,60% of the market share in computer browsers, according to Net Applications). But the last headache came up because Google still does not understand the problem it is creating:

Το Chrome 69 προσπάθησε να "απλοποιήσει" τον τρόπο με τον οποίο διαχειρίζεται τις συνδέσεις ιστότοπων της Google, by linking Chrome to the same account. So if you try to sign out, either from Chrome or from any Google site, you'll be disconnected from both.

This has led to massive reactions from Chrome users because they were worried that Google, in addition to Chrome synchronization, was tracking their browsing history.

With the release of Chrome 70, Google added an option to disable the linking of websites with of Chrome.

Behaviors such as these, and many other things Google does as a company whose mother-in-law earns all of its advertising money, give us too many reasons not to use another product that aims to further our watch. Since Chrome extensions will work on Edge, why not Edge?

In its Chromium Edge announcement, Microsoft promised that it would update its browser separately from Windows 10. Recall that Edge was updated every six months, along with major Windows 10 releases. But six months is a very long time. for a browser that constantly needs compatibility fixes, security updates, updates for performance improvements as well as new . (Chrome and Firefox are updated every six weeks.)

So although I don't use Chrome (nor Edge) I will consider one again in the upcoming Edge, since it will have the Chrome extensions as well as frequent updates. Of course, immediately after the browser's transformation, Microsoft will have to constantly offer new reasons to keep those who try the new Edge.
Edge, in addition to new features, should focus on where Google is hurting. It will probably not be that much of a surprise if we see improvements that focus on protecting the privacy of the end user.

Of course the competition will be great: Google will not stop developing Chrome.
But with a market share that reaches 4%, Microsoft has nothing to lose.

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