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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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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Forget mac, it's even worse on iOS/iPadOS, where all third-party browsers must use Safari's rendering engine too.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Haven't they been told they've got to stop doing that now?

I thought the European commission had forced them to allow other browsers to actually use their own render engines

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm not 100% but I do vaguely seem to recall reading something about that being the case.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

I think it's only for the EU, and the other browsers don't have a solution ready - porting their engines for iOS is a lot of work, which takes time, and might not even be worth it when they still need to maintain the safari-based version for the rest of the world.