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Microsoft Edge gets "unfair advantage", browser makers claim (www.techradar.com)
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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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[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (16 children)

why go after microsoft.

Go after fucking google.

Chromium is the plague, not Edge.

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

It's possible to go after both. M$ has some fucked up practices that trick the user into using edge that shouldn't be okay

[–] Mnemnosyne@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

It's possible to. Are they? Correct me if I'm wrong, but they're not. They're going after Microsoft and not Google.

Not that it makes any difference since Edge is just reskinned Chrome now anyway. If it was still it's own thing I'd be rooting for Microsoft, at least up until they start to become bigger, then I'd turn on them.

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