When talking about web browsing, your conversation is incomplete without talking about Google Chrome. That’s because Chrome is by far the most used web browser due to its wide extension compatibility, theme support, faster rendering, and more features.
Best browser privacy? Edge vs Chrome vs Firefox vs Brave in Wireshark
However, Chrome is Chrome, and since it’s a Google product, it can give trackers and websites access to your web activity, all while hogging as much memory as possible. Microsoft now offers you an alternative route to browsing the web via its Edge browser with promising features, but does it give you better ways to manage your privacy and web activity? That’s what we’re here to find out.
Related: Why is Microsoft Edge on my computer?
The new Microsoft Edge was released earlier this year with the sole purpose of basing the web browser on the open-source Chromium project that many of us have relied on for years. The browser uses the same rendering engine as Chrome, so it receives regular updates every six weeks instead of waiting for a Windows 10 update like its predecessor.
