As a regular Windows user, I agree with TFA: forcing the install with a reboot, subverting user preferences, and then plastering the desktop environment with Edge paraphernalia both sucks and blows.

As a Web Dev, I have to say that mercilessly terminating Trident-Edge and salting the earth is the right thing to do. I wouldn't trust some on who uses and (*gasp*) likes Trident-Edge to make the correct choice when asked nicely if they would like to replace it with Chromium-Edge.

User choice is a good thing, but Trident-Edge was a painful barrier to shipping a universally-stable and modern web app, and I spit on its grave.

Infoworld has done better articles on the topic. A little dated (2010... Applets? Flash?), but still fun:

Nothing screams "get off my lawn" like a language controlled by Oracle, the world's largest enterprise software vendor. The chances that Java can attract the mohawks-and-tattoos set today seem slimmer than ever.