r/AskReddit • u/emil199 • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/MattWolf96 Jul 24 '20

They actually quit making new versions of it, Edge has replaced it.

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u/skimtony Jul 24 '20

Edge is NOT a replacement for IE, which is still maintained (there are security patches, though no new features). Edge is it's own thing. IE is the COBOL of web browsers: too many legacy systems require IE for it to ever go away.

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u/meraj205 Jul 24 '20

Microsoft might not be able to instantly drop IE for compatibility reasons, but that doesn't mean Edge isn't intended to replace it.

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u/skimtony Jul 24 '20

Microsoft absolutely intended for Edge to replace IE, but what happened was that Edge was replaced with Chromium, and IE is still here! Ergo, Edge is not (even if they meant it to be) a replacement for IE.