On Thu, 23 Feb 2023 09:45:08 +1300, Peter Reutemann quoted:
'An attempt to install Chrome using Edge Canary now results in the browser displaying two ads: the first (tiny one) will pop on the screen when the Chrome website loads, and the second, a humongous full-size banner, will appear once the download starts.'
Some discussion of the mechanism for inserting the ads here <https://www.theregister.com/2023/02/23/microsoft_edge_banner_chrome/>. It looks very much like there is special code in (the Beta version of) Edge which detects activities like downloading Chrome, or visiting the Chrome Web Store, and triggers the ads.
'the "added trust of Microsoft." ...'
The “added trust” of a company which has to resort to subverting its own products just to try to promote itself ahead of the competition ... I suspect even the most diehard Windows fans would now have to throw up in their mouths a little on hearing that phrase ...