WHY am I being FORCED to deal with Microsoft edge?

Microsoft is not forcing anything. You gave them permission to install Edge or any other updates when you agreed to the Terms and Conditions when you installed Windows 10.  Microsoft granted you the right to install and use Windows 10 but, they kept ownership of Windows 10 and the to determine what features would be installed, When, and by what method. 

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I have no other issues . My computer just works fine. It is Microsoft who is forcing me to use their Edge browser. How would Microsoft feel if another browser edges

out their EDGE browser. Are we living in a free society or are we living in Communist China. Just a simple question.

Which is it.

Unfortunately, loss of information is exactly what happened. I don't have a problem with edge, as long as I don't lose cookies, credentials and other important details.  I got rid of it the first time because not even my favorites with all of my research bookmarked was there. It reinstalled itself again, and this time it had my favorites and the favorites bar was even there. But still, other important things were missing. I cannot lose information. On one web site, whenever the cookies are deleted, I have to  be sent an OTP to get back in. Now imagine having to do this a hundred times. That's why I'm annoyed. I have to lose too much. For now, I know how to stop the update. 

I don't have time to play around with Microsoft. I would need to talk to a live person, I don't feel comfortable explaining this online for any hacker to see.

Now I am losing a lot information that will be impossible to recreate. 

The update to the new version of Edge will not lead to a loss of information. If you explain what kind of information you apparently lost, we should be able to help you retrieve it. 

You may have received the new Edge at the same time as Windows 10 was updated to the latest version 2004. This update is a complete reinstallation of Windows, and a few users have found that the contents of the system user folders (e.g. Documents, Pictures) were missing. Is this what you experienced?

Browser data (e.g. favourites, saved passwords, tabs set aside) should have migrated to the new version when Edge was updated. If this is what happened - and again, a few users have experienced this - there are remedies.

Please use the Ask a question option on this page to start your own thread, explaining in detail what the problem is. Your post at the end of a long, old discussion will not be seen by anyone coming to this forum to help, and it won't ever be seen by anyone (i.e. the Edge product team) in a position to do something about your concerns. To make your views known where it matters, use the feedback option within the browser (Alt-Shift-i). All feedback is seen by members of the team.

The forced Microsoft Chrome update is disturbing and has created a problem for me. For one, when they upgraded my system (and without going through details that would lead to a security breach) This info is important and makes my life 1000 times harder to lose it, while I am working from home, during the pandemic. Now I am losing a lot information that will be impossible to recreate. To circumvent another forced update attempt,  I did a system restore and kept my pc off of the internet when not in use, disabled updates in two areas and disabled it in 3 locations in the regedit and it still finds away to reinstall, today...even while my internet connection was off, which was just creepy! When you go to windows update to uninstall the KB that downloaded Edge Chrome, it doesn't allow that particular update to uninstall.

This experience has left such a sour taste in my mouth, I am done with Microsoft products and computers. I have been using their products since Windows 93, as a loyal user, but for the first time, will use a different OS and other office software applications.  I also find 365 to be a disaster as I prefer a Word processing application to not depend on the internet.  Microsoft has lost s lifelong customer.