# Screw You, Microsoft Edge

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/screw-you-microsoft-edge/17500>\
**Category:** Blogs/Articles/Talks/Podcasts/Talks\
**Tags:** edge, microsoft\
**Created:** [16 August 2021 04:05 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/screw-you-microsoft-edge/17500 "2021-08-16T04:05:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/communitynews/32/1113_2.png) [@CommunityNews](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/CommunityNews)\
**Post date:** [16 August 2021 04:05 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/screw-you-microsoft-edge/17500/1 "2021-08-16T04:05:44Z")

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> Screw You, Microsoft Edge.  
> Recently while searching for a book on [Bookshop.org](http://Bookshop.org), I was interrupted by a popup apparently generated by Microsoft Edge advising me of an alternative:

Read in full here:

> **[Screw You, Microsoft Edge](http://www.charlespetzold.com/blog/2021/08/Screw-You-Microsoft-Edge.html)**
>
> Recently while searching for a book on Bookshop.org, I was interrupted by a popup apparently generated by Microsoft Edge advising me of an alternative:

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**Author:** ![jss](https://forum.devtalk.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@jss](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/jss)\
**Post date:** [4 April 2025 12:53 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/screw-you-microsoft-edge/17500/3 "2025-04-04T12:53:03Z")

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I really hate these Microsoft Edge popups ☹

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**Author:** ![faust](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/faust/32/6673_2.png) [@faust](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/faust)\
**Post date:** [5 April 2025 17:51 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/screw-you-microsoft-edge/17500/4 "2025-04-05T17:51:59Z")

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long live Firefox =)

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**Author:** ![adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/adamaiken89/32/2661_2.png) [@adamaiken89](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/adamaiken89)\
**Post date:** [6 April 2025 04:16 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/screw-you-microsoft-edge/17500/5 "2025-04-06T04:16:20Z")

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At the same time, Chrome has banned quite a bit of useful Adblock extensions.  
Probably the only choice later is FireFox… or even Ash.

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**Author:** ![AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/astonj/32/7_2.png) [@AstonJ](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/AstonJ)\
**Post date:** [19 April 2025 02:19 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/screw-you-microsoft-edge/17500/6 "2025-04-19T02:19:16Z")

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What about [Brave.com](http://Brave.com)?