File it under "what were they thinking". I've decided that I cannot stand Microsoft Edge. Well, not the home or welcome screen anyway.A bug scare pulled me away from Chrome and, as only an occasional Microsoft Edge user beforehand, I never really thought much about it. Now I know. It's the platform for a hopeless, bullshit muddle of AI-curated non-stories and pointless adverts. It pretends to be helpful but is completely useless. Just tell me more about things that I don't care about and give me clickbait articles and pop ups that are of no interest to me. Are they of interest to any user? I doubt it. It's the most banal and low brow, insulting content you could imagine.The thing that gets me is that it doesn't have to be like this. There could be good and interesting material on show, adverts that are subtle or at least well put together, credible news stories with meaningful headlines that aren't bulked out with what is, I presume, AI drivel. But no, it's a race to the bottom.…
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