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Microsoft stole my Chrome tabs, and it wants yours, too (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM, it took me a moment to realize that Microsoft Edge had simply taken over where I’d left off in Chrome. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

That's Chromium!

I honestly do suspect the fact that they're both Chromium based is part of why this is possible.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I can't imagine it be too difficult to extract the open URLs, end chrome and launch Edge with the appropriate arguments.

But if it carried over cookies too, that's when I would see the chromium common-ground help out.