I'm lazy enough to not bother to change the home page (or default browser) on one of my computers, so it's MS Edge and this junk is the home page. It's really shocking how bad it is.
Part of the problem is the "legitimate" sources they choose to syndicate are barely distinguishable from the outright frauds. This is not a comment about political bias, the BS spans all kinds of politics.
I doubt BNN Breaking is the only blatant fraud either. I often see headlines that make me think there is zero chance the story is real.
I think the problem is MS wants to show ads on the home page at all, and because it's low value space, they're forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel for content (the ads are terrible too).
Chrome's default page is infinitely better because it just doesn't have much on it (I also never changed this from the default). For me, it's just a google search bar, and some of my bookmarks/recently visited pages. MS needs to just stop attempting to monetize this kind of space. I'm assuming google was on to something by deciding it wasn't worth it.
Part of the problem is the "legitimate" sources they choose to syndicate are barely distinguishable from the outright frauds. This is not a comment about political bias, the BS spans all kinds of politics.
I doubt BNN Breaking is the only blatant fraud either. I often see headlines that make me think there is zero chance the story is real.
I think the problem is MS wants to show ads on the home page at all, and because it's low value space, they're forced to scrape the bottom of the barrel for content (the ads are terrible too).
Chrome's default page is infinitely better because it just doesn't have much on it (I also never changed this from the default). For me, it's just a google search bar, and some of my bookmarks/recently visited pages. MS needs to just stop attempting to monetize this kind of space. I'm assuming google was on to something by deciding it wasn't worth it.