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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They’ve realized nothing. Have you opened Edge lately? A gazillion new privacy-invading features that could be relegated to web plugins. Bloat bloat bloat.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of that is default in Edge due to Chromium?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nope. Bing. AI. Spell Check. Sidebar. Etc etc etc.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

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