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Microsoft Edge gets "unfair advantage", browser makers claim (www.techradar.com)
submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Some of the top browser makers around have issued a letter to the European Commission (EC) alleging that Microsoft gives the Edge browser an unfair advantage and should be subject to EU tech rules.

A letter seen by Reuters, sent by Vivaldi, Waterfox, and Wavebox, and supported by a group of web developers, also supports Opera’s move to take the EC to court over its decision to exclude Microsoft Edge from being subject to the Digital Markets Act (DMA).

As Edge comes pre-installed by default on Windows machines, users must navigate the Microsoft offering in order to download their browser of choice. The letter states that, “No platform independent browser can aspire to match Edge's unparalleled distribution advantage on Windows. Edge is, moreover, the most important gateway for consumers to download an independent browser on Windows PCs.”

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[–] PunchingWood 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I thought we've already been through this before?

I vaguely remember getting the option which browser to use during an install before.

Feels like they need to stop nitpicking about this stuff. I barely know anyone that even uses Edge, it's almost like it just functions as a downloader for Chrome or anything else.

At what point are they gonna stop? Until Windows comes without any browsers at all? And we'll have to store copies of installers on USBs And postmail Google if we want a copy of Chrome.exe because we accidentally deleted it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That was a Windows 7 thing - it used to be hosted at https://browserchoice.eu but that's long gone now.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrowserChoice.eu

[–] PunchingWood 2 points 1 month ago

I could've sworn I've seen something like this in a W10 or W11 installation not even that long ago though.

It's not something I imagine EU would just forget about whenever a new OS dropped.