Microsoft has a brand new trick to make you stick with the Edge browser as a substitute of switching to Google Chrome.

Customers observed that the corporate has an official “information” that’s actually referred to as “Easy methods to uninstall Microsoft Edge.” Nonetheless, not like a few of Microsoft’s correct help pages that describe easy methods to do stuff (there are nonetheless some oddities, like a help web page recommending historic backup instruments for Home windows 11), the brand new webpage is something however a information. As a substitute of telling straight easy methods to uninstall Edge, Microsoft is utilizing the chance to throw shade at Chrome in an try to forestall customers from switching.

The web page begins with a giant headline asking if you’re certain you need to uninstall Microsoft Edge. Then, it proceeds to listing all the advantages of Microsoft’s browser, like built-in Copilot, Designer, Vertical tabs, purchasing assistant, read-aloud, and a built-in VPN. No different third-party browser apart from Chrome is talked about, which makes it clear who this “information” is for.

Microsoft says Edge is “the one browser with built-in Copilot expertise,” although the one profit is that you need to use them in a sidebar with out switching to a different tab (Copilot and Designer work in different browsers as properly). It lists security measures like SmartScreen, Password Monitor, now-deprecated Youngsters Mode, and extra. Microsoft additionally touts higher power effectivity, claiming Edge delivers, on common, 25 additional minutes of battery life in comparison with Chrome.

All of that’s cool and all the pieces, however the web page is named “Easy methods to uninstall Microsoft Edge.” Not a single phrase on it tells easy methods to take away the browser. Additionally, it doesn’t point out the truth that Edge is barely uninstallable within the European Union, which pressured Microsoft to provide customers extra alternative and suppleness. For those who stay exterior the EU, your solely choice is to make use of third-party apps that may pull Edge out of the working system.

The invention of the brand new web page follows the latest drama round Bing disguising itself as Google to trick customers into believing they’re on Google Search. After consumer backlash, Microsoft reverted the controversial design, however now, we have now faux guides from Microsoft. Massive sigh.