It`s worth noting that the support for Adblock and Adblock Plus extensions is how Microsoft plans to offer an ad-blocking experience. Originally, some slides from a developer presentation made it seem as if Edge would have built-in ad-blocking: instead, it`ll just support the feature from third-party developers. That`s just how Apple and Google handle ad-blocking with Safari and Chrome.

While it`s good that Microsoft is supporting more extensions, the company has a lot of work to do to close the gap with its browser competition. Most users probably don`t use more than a handful of extensions (and lots probably don`t use any at all), but those who swear by them likely won`t switch to Microsoft`s browser without replacements.