Iridium Browser vs Microsoft Edge (Chromium)

• Disable "Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors"
• Disable autocomplete through prediction service when typing in Omnibox
• Always send "Do-Not-Track" header
• Network/DNS prediction is disabled by default
• Block third-party cookies by default
• Link auditing (<a ping="...">) is disabled by default
• Fetch plugins list from iridiumbrowser.de where it will be updated regularly
• Site data (cookies, local storage, etc.) is only kept until exit, by default
• Passwords are not stored by default
• Input form autofill is disabled by default
• For IPv6 probes, use a DNS root server instead of Google
• The default search provider is Qwant
• Load "about:blank" on new tabs instead of the currently set search engine and/or promotions.
• Don't report Safe Browsing overrides.
• Don't use autofill download service.
• Disable cookies for safebrowsing background requests.
• Disable the battery status API.

Due to access to the Chrome Web store.

They won't update automatically in the background.

You are in control and you can do almost anything with the code.

Provides installers and packages for the most operating systems and linux distributions.

• Increase RSA keysize to 2048 bits for self-signed certificates (used by WebRTC)
• Generate a new WebRTC identity for each connection instead of reusing identities for 30 days
• Generate a new ECDHE keypair for each WebRTC connection instead of reusing them for multiple connections
• Disable using system-provided plugins (i.e. Java, Flash, etc.)

It is fast since all background services have been disabled or removed.

• Disable background mode
• Disable EV certificates, so they are shown just like "normal" certificates
• Disable Google cloud printing
• Disable Google hot word detection
• Disable Google experiments status check
• Disable Google translation service
• Disable Google promotion fetching
• Disable Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) status check
• Disable Google Now
• Disable automatic update check
• Disable profile-import on first run

Supports all the modern web features.

As it is built on Chromium.

Uses the same engine as Chromium so web pages render better.

During the launch of Chromium-based Microsoft Edge, the company claimed to have removed more than 50 services intended to collect user data. The improvement in this aspect does not come only from the hand of privacy, but also from optimization. The privacy settings are also a lot simpler to understand, more robust, and better than Chrome. There are three modes, basic, balanced and strict.

It uses less RAM, has tracking prevention and accelerates the hardware when possible.

Microsoft are contributing to Chromium.

It will soon get a new UI codenamed Phoenix. Very cool.

Most Windows 10 devices have Microsoft Edge preinstalled.

If you select the "strict" option in the Microsoft Edge settings, it practically becomes an ad blocker.

Microsoft edge support both, microsoft edge add-ons and chrome web store

Since the old Edge isn't removable on most PCs.

with microsoft rewards and Edge you can earn money

free Office integrated

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