system
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human
ELI5: Why does Microsoft care so much about people using Edge?

I understand pushing Bing over Google due to revenue from advertisements, but what benefit does Microsoft gain from people using Edge over chrome?
gpt
Your user data is a valuable advertising tool, directed ads are *worth money*.

You may recall that a law was passed saying your isp gets to sell your browsing data.. **Google has been collecting that kind of data for years!** That's why you get targeted google ads. If you search for a new deep fryer on google, then you start getting ads for deep fryers nestled in your gmail and on websites with google ads. They sold you out for those valuable clicks.

If you use Edge, Microsoft gets to farm that data instead of google and Microsoft gets to target you for targeted ads instead.