- Traditional web meme
- Chrome criticism
David Schwartz, chief know-how officer at Ripple, just lately poked enjoyable on the Microsoft Edge browser with an ironic roast.
The joke about Microsoft Edge has its roots within the older Web Explorer (IE) meme, and it advanced over time as Microsoft up to date its browser.
Traditional web meme
Web Explorer had a popularity for being gradual, buggy, and insecure. Customers typically joked that the one use of IE was to obtain Chrome. This concept turned a working gag in tech communities.
IE 5 and 6 have been broadly used and dominated the browser market. IE 6, specifically, turned notorious for safety flaws, nonstandard HTML/CSS rendering, and crashes. IE 7 improved safety and launched tabs, however efficiency was nonetheless sluggish in contrast. Firefox and Chrome ended up upending its dominance.
Microsoft changed IE with Edge in Home windows 10. Early reactions famous that Edge was sooner and extra trendy, however customers nonetheless joked that it was primarily helpful to obtain Chrome.
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Microsoft Edge holds roughly 5% of the full worldwide browser market — a lot smaller than Chrome’s dominant 62-68% share.
On desktop particularly, Edge tends to sit down round 11–12% market share.
The browser comes preinstalled on Home windows 10 and 11, which helps keep its consumer base.
Chrome criticism
Schwartz has additionally complained about Chrome’s excessive reminiscence utilization. In 2024, he posted a screenshot displaying it utilizing 10GB RAM.
In January 2025, he criticized Google for “user-hostile modifications” in each Chrome and Android that take away performance.
Nevertheless, it’s fairly protected to say that Schwartz shouldn’t be going to make use of Microsoft Edge anytime quickly.