Microsoft is spying on me...

New computer this week running Windows 10 Pro and updated Microsoft Edge started some things I didn't notice on my older computer it replaced.
I'm online making a purchase and when I get to the cart to review, banners fly out to show the same items elsewhere at a lower cost.
Amazon and Walmart, but the savings were less than a dollar per item.
Since my purchase with this vendor has free shipping over $100, it makes no sense to break an order up to 3 vendors. Kinda like spending a dollar to save a dime. Triple billing, triple deliveries, triple order tracking.

Actually, the annoying part is Microsoft getting into my online purchasing. It may have been there in my previous computer (running Windows 10 with Edge) but I never noticed the banners before.

My computer is spying on me...
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Ditch Edge and instal Firefox. Problem solved.

professor
Firefox is my preferred browser, but I've been using Edge for financial transactions.
Also, some sites have preferences. One of the cruise lines only works with Google Chrome.

Unfortunately, my business computer is married to Google.
forgot to mention ...all operation system doing that since years...open source ones doing safety part better..
Why I stay a Luddite. 20 year old desktop running Windows XP Pro and Firefox. Pay with cash in stores and mail checks. Flip phone that has any internet capabilities turned off and never use the data. No FB or social media, no apps and order by phone when I can. TV shows an ad, I hit mute and read. The way network news is going, I can get lots of reading done watching it. Antenna TV, no cable, no streaming, no subscriptions except to real magazines that come in the mail.tongue
They all spy.
I had Firefox for years and when i uninstall it they were angry. They shouted through my computer. Never again.
SpyBot Anti-Beacon program blocks 541 telemetry Microsoft by default sends out of your computer (541)
PS and that's every time you boot your computer
SpyBot Anti-Beacon
Thanks Rob, I'll look into it.
While you represent about 10% of America and many are just above homeless. Most people are in the need for more communication.
My brother is 75 and refused a cellphone for a generation. He goes for dialysis 3 times a week and is on a waiting list for a kidney transplant. He changed his mind when they said "someone else takes your place when we're unable to contact you in an emergency"
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