I get it, but a lot of that can be blamed on Microsoft and Internet Explorer being such a steaming pile of hot garbage.
Except much of IE's problem was caused by the intense bashings from FF fanboys, XP's security woes, and MS haters on forums, blogs and in the IT media.
I never fell for all the hype the FF fanboys were spewing who claimed IE was insecure and we will get infected if we used. I never got infected and I used IE as my primary browser on all our systems here up until W10 and Edge came out and MS started to let IE slide. I then switched to Pale Moon - a forked version of FF.
The facts are, if you kept Windows and IE updated, used a decent security solution, avoided risky behavior (all the things needed regardless your browser of choice) it did not matter which browser you used.
I was always amused to see how simple it was to silence the IE haters. I just asked, "
Did you stop getting infected just by switching to FF"?
Of course the answer was almost always they were not getting infected before! And for those who were previously infected, it was quickly revealed in addition to switching to FF, they also started using a A/V solution and an anti-spyware program (consolidated anti-
malware programs weren't commonplace back then), they upgraded to XP SP3, stopped being "click-happy", got behind a router, and in general, started "
practicing safe computing". Again, these are all the things necessary regardless your browser of choice.
I would probably still be using IE today - with confidence - if it didn't become so unstable. But it appears (to me anyway) MS is neglecting IE in order to entice users towards Edge.
Microsoft essentially threw in the towel and let Google win.
Not sure about "win" but for sure, assume a substantial lead. The biggest problem with Edge was (IMO) it clearly was an unfinished product when it first came out with W10. It is only now, 4 years later, becoming a refined product worth considering again.
Oh BTW. I was a long time fan of Netscape and the only reason I migrated to IE back in the day was because I was threatened with disciplinary action and having my admin privileges revoked if I did not switch to the company mandated standard, IE. Fortunately once I got used to it, I liked it (as is often the case).