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This makes sense, but for me the question becomes.. why would bot creators choose Edge/IE and not some other browser? Random chance?

As a sidebar, I really enjoy when authors throw interesting colloquialisms that I've never heard before.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potemkin_village

Because its pretty much guaranteed to already be on their target machine.
I tried to like Edge. I gave it a try because work pushes it. But it is so bizarre. I’m not sure who their customer is. There’s no save as, no view source, no home button, favorites are screwed up.

These are basic functions. Chrome and Firefox have it figured out. Who is Microsoft building this for? Even IE plain is better.

Without exception, everything that Microsoft has transformed into UWP has been worse. I don't quite know what the UWP dream is, but it's horrible.
If Edge dies, the web will be left with only Gecko and Webkit rendering engines... :-(
I like Edge in general but it is very buggy. Dragging a tab away to create a separate window only works 2/3 of the time. It often just freezes without obvious reason. And this is where I only visit a few simple standard websites whilst at work. Very disappointing. Oh, and sometimes it will not work correctly when ordering from the Microsoft Store and so I have to use Chrome to place an order for Microsoft hardware! Nice.
I second that. Edge is fast and efficient, in my experience. But when I use it, it crashes just a little too often. I've never been a Chrome or Google kind of a guy, so I was actually using Edge instead until FF57 was released. I think they could also improve Edge by making the browser frame and controls a little less plain and blocky in terms of design.
Was forced to use it for work, it was hell.
I use it on my small weak 8 inch Windows 10 Dell tablet because it works much faster than Chrome on the weaker hardware. I like how it now has all the same extensions I use on Chrome. I also like how you can just double tap, like Safari IOS, to zoom to a frame. I still use Chrome on desktop as I am just used to it.