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Why? To reinforce the browser monoculture that is getting worse and worse? Competition is good, even if some of the options aren't perfect.



Microsoft has Edge, no need for IE besides backward compatibility for ActiveX and VBScript and such things that some enterprises might still depend on. It's actually amazing how long Microsoft supports things compared to others in the industry.


I make that argument myself fairly often, but IE should go away. Microsoft would prefer users use Edge, and are not updating IE except for security patches. So while I will join you in railing against people who say everyone should adopt [browser of choice here], I don't have a problem saying Microsoft IE needs to go away.


Well, there's Edge, that has decent standards support and timely updates. As for Internet Explorer - it's time for it to retire.




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