To encourage you to stay on Edge, Microsoft now asks you to complete a survey when you try to download Chrome with its browser. A method that does not please everyone…
Microsoft continues to develop Edge, its web browser delivered as standard with Windows 11 and 10 – but also available for macOS, Android and iOS. And if the Redmond publisher has mainly focused recently on functions boosted by artificial intelligence such as Bing Chat, its integrated ChatGPT, it has also added several very useful tools, such as an integrated VPN. But this obviously does not seem enough to step on the toes of the unbeatable Google. Certainly, Edge is much more pleasant than its predecessor, the much-delayed Internet Explorer, but tradition dictates that we use Microsoft’s browser – installed by default – only to download Chrome. And Edge is still unloved.
However, the Redmond firm uses all the means at its disposal to promote its browser and encourage Internet users to adopt it. We remember, for example, these anti-Google Chrome pop-ups which appeared on the download page of Google’s browser, or the advertisements in the Start menu encouraging Firefox users to switch to Edge. As noted by our colleagues from NeowinMicrosoft now asks defectors to answer a questionnaire when they try to download Chrome, in order to find out what pushes them to abandon its browser.
Microsoft Edge: repeated intrusive messages
For several days now, some users have been surprised to see, while downloading Google Chrome using Microsoft Edge, a questionnaire appear in the sidebar, asking them to explain the reason that pushes them to go to competition. “We’re excited to have you join us! Can you take a minute to tell us why you’re trying a different browser?
- I can’t easily search Google
- I can’t access my Google Docs
- I don’t have my favorites or passwords here
- There are too many ads and pop-ups
- I don’t like the news feed
- Edge is too slow
- My websites don’t work on Microsoft Edge
- My reason is not listed.”
Microsoft therefore seems to be aware that its repeated advertisements and banners can be annoying. If we can turn off the News Feed, the pop-ups usually get the better of our patience — whether it’s trying the DALL-E image generator, trying a different new tab layout, trying Bing Chat instead of Bard, download Edge on mobile, not download Chrome or even switch to Bing, all excuses are good! It remains to be seen whether this survey will really make Microsoft understand what pushes us to migrate to Google.