The launch of Windows 10 also involved the launch of a new browser called Microsoft Edge, a browser that has gradually been launching new functions to try to compete with Chrome and Firefox, but which is again at a very slow pace. The ability to add extensions It has taken almost a year to reach Edge and the ones that exist are counted on the fingers of one hand. But Edge is not the only one that is losing users, but Explorer is also being affected by the unstoppable success of Chrome, a browser that is taking ground month after month from Microsoft's browsers.
The fault is obviously Microsoft, which has not been able to find the key to offer a browser in conditions, compatible and that works quickly and easily without incompatibility problems. Edge is still the worst we find in the market not to mention the latest versions of Internet Explorer. Since the beginning of the year, Microsoft has lost 331 million users of its browsers (Explorer and Edge) being Chrome the one that has received most of these.
The pace of Windows 10 installations contrasts with the growth of users who use Chrome instead of Edge, which has gone from 3% to 5% so far this year, while Chrome started with 35% and currently has a 55% share. Internet Explorer started the year with a 44% share and currently only reaches 23%. Firefox, for its part, continues practically with the same share as at the beginning of the year, a success considering that throughout the year its market share had dropped by several points.
Microsoft boasts that its browser is the one with the lowest battery consumption, but a user is not only concerned with battery consumption, but what you really want is a compatible browser whose performance and capabilities (such as extensions) make it the ideal browser, something that Chrome and Firefox have achieved over the years, although the latter to a lesser extent.