
“We’re committed to a strong extension ecosystem, including ad blocking. Google has been accused by devs of slowly killing adblockers with newer versions of Chrome, though it claims its simply trying to make them safer. Still, perhaps more pressing for users is the future of Adblockers on Microsoft’s platforms. Of course, it’s not clear if all the functionality, such as an Internet Explorer mode, would be available. That being said, there is still work to make them ‘customer ready’ (installer, updaters, user sync, bug fixes, etc.) and something we are proud to give to you, so we aren’t quite ready to commit to the work just yet,” said the team.Īt the moment, it’s working on bringing the browser to MacOS and older versions of Windows, but it seems Linux is fair game after that point. “We don’t have any technical blockers to keep us from creating Linux binaries, and it’s definitely something we’d like to do down the road. Among other things, the company spoke about the plans for its new browser on Linux, and things are looking positive. The Microsoft Edge team held an AMA yesterday to answer persisting questions about its browser, Chromium plans, and Internet Explorer.
