The moment you opened up the old Edge (and even the new Edge if you don't disable it) you were presented with click-bait advertising masquerading as news. I never used Edge because I found it was little more than a low quality click-bait 'news' app. Sadly this isn't the default situation but at least it's possible now. Microsoft made the HIGHLY OBNOXIOUS news feed 100% optional and made it possible to hide it without having the possibility of having it accidentally re-appear if you click on the wrong link. It's as if Microsoft paid close attention to all my posts here on Windows Central a few years ago (yeah, right but a guy can dream)! That said, will the changes be enough to bring people (including me) back to Edge? Will Edge still only ever be that application people are forced to use to download Chrome?ġ.
Every single substantive complaint I had about Edge has been addressed. I just tried out the 'new' Edge and I've got to say I'm impressed.