Edge has been spotted inserting a banner into the Chrome download page on Google.com

[robkelk]

* robkelk blows dust off thread

Oh, look what they're doing now.

Microsoft probes complaints of Edge leaking URLs to Bing

You might want to think twice before typing anything into Microsoft's Edge browser, as an apparent bug in a recent release of Redmond's Chromium clone appears to be funneling URLs you visit back to the Bing API.

The issue, identified by Redditor HackerMcHackface in the r/browsers subreddit last week, appears to be related to an opt-out content aggregation feature in Edge, called Collections, which offers suggestions for online creators that users may want to follow.

However, beginning with Microsoft Edge build 112.0.1722.34, the Redditor notes that the default behavior had changed. In prior versions of Edge, they noted, the "feature" was limited to a subset of social media sites, including YouTube and Pinterest. Now the scope appears to be wider.

Which makes me think that it isn't a bug at all, based on Microsoft's past behaviour whenever they had a monopoly situation.

If you don't like Microsoft having a monopoly on your desktop, there's always Firefox.