Against this backdrop, Microsoft is again pushing Windows users to switch to Edge, which it says “helps you stay protected while you browse by blocking phishing and malware attacks.” This has become a repeated theme—system messages that push Microsoft’s products under a security pretext. It’s a definite grey area.

Second: My use of Edge means I sometimes accidentally use Bing, Microsoft's Google-but-worse, whenever I search for something in the URL bar. I could go into the settings and switch my default search engine,