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Cody Arnould
Mar 14, 2023Iron Contributor
Edge Collections - Star To Collect - bad idea not to include a remove option
I noticed in the newer versions of edge collections "Start to collect" - After searching I've found this to be a very bad addition to collections. Collections actually got me away from pocket but wi...
Richard_Bottiglieri
Jul 20, 2023Iron Contributor
With all due respect, this is not a valid solution. It removes all the other benefits of a synced Microsoft account (open tabs, extensions, passwords, etc.) just to get rid of the garbage that Microsoft stuffed into the Collections feature. IMHO, we should just keep giving feedback directly to Microsoft (via the feedback feature in the browser) and use something else instead of Collections (Pocket is one example that can be used with all browsers). It's a shame because Collections was a really neat feature, but they really f'd it up for their personal customers.
I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but if you have an enterprise account with Microsoft (i.e., Office 365 and Azure AD), the Collections feature behaves as it always had: the fly out window and no "Start to Collect" nonsense. Presumably, this is a way of monetizing Bing which they don't need to do as much with their enterprise customers since we're already paying for the service. I'd gladly pay them a small annual sum to make all this garbage go away, but I doubt we'll ever have that option.
I think I mentioned this earlier in the thread, but if you have an enterprise account with Microsoft (i.e., Office 365 and Azure AD), the Collections feature behaves as it always had: the fly out window and no "Start to Collect" nonsense. Presumably, this is a way of monetizing Bing which they don't need to do as much with their enterprise customers since we're already paying for the service. I'd gladly pay them a small annual sum to make all this garbage go away, but I doubt we'll ever have that option.
Jose_J_S
Jul 20, 2023Copper Contributor
Richard_Bottiglieri I agree that it is not THE ultimate solution but it can be for those of us who do not have a business with the money to dish out to Microsoft every time it chooses to incorporate a bad feature without giving its users the option of disabling it. That also is no solution either.