When all else fails, some people play the desperate “it’s for the children” card. This time it is Microsoft, desperate for people to use its Edge browser. One of the changes Microsoft tossed into the Windows 10 Anniversary Update is for the children; blocking some third-party browsers by default is supposedly meant to keep kids safer.

Although Edge is one of the most unpopular browsers, according to NetMarketShare, usage by desktop users has inched from 3.07 percent in January to 5.16 percent in August. Internet Explorer usage has steadily declined during 2016, sliding from 43.82 percent usage in January to 27.38 percent in August.

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