[Software] Microsoft wants to kill off Chrome, and it's going to pay you to use Edge

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The battle that different very important companies in the software sector maintain to gain a foothold in the web browser sector has been with us for years. Microsoft, together with Google, offers us very interesting products that are among the most used in this regard, as is the case with Chrome and Edge.

First of all, surely many of you already know that Microsoft also provides us with the most used operating system on PCs, we are talking about Windows. This is precisely why the firm wants to use this widespread software to try to convince as many customers as possible to use their own browser. In fact, Edge already comes to us by default in Windows 10 and Windows 11 so that we can rule out other external third-party solutions, such as Chrome or Firefox.

Despite all the moves of the software giant, many users continue to download Google's proposal to scrap the aforementioned Edge browser. Precisely for all this, Microsoft tries to convince us to use its product through various movements. A clear example of all this is found in a series of new advertisements with which the firm intends to promote its browser among Windows 10 and 11 users. It is true that this type of promotional element is not new, but the technology giant is now giving us shows more ads and recommendations when we try to migrate to Chrome.

Thus, when users visit the Google Chrome download page from the Microsoft program we use in Windows, a new ad appears. This clarifies that it works with the same technology as Chrome, with the added trust of Microsoft.

This is how Microsoft convinces you to use Edge on Windows
Also, this announcement tells us that we will be able to set Edge as the default browser through this 14-day offer. Actually, this is possibly an error since, when clicking on the link, the program does nothing. In addition, we do not have the possibility of deactivating this pop-up window, but we can close it at any time.

But that's not all, because at the same time and in order to convince us to use its browser, the software giant now also displays ads on the desktop offering gift cards. It is clear that this is just another move that is intended to improve the market penetration of the browser. This is something that we can find in the Edge bar, specifically in its desktop version. Basically what the ad that appears automatically tells us is to use this program to get gift cards.

 

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