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Microsoft Edge gets "unfair advantage", browser makers claim (www.techradar.com)

submitted 1 week ago by lemmee_in@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Theres like 2 or 3 commonly supported browser engines and the people who run them are complaining about unfair monopoly by a browser whose main purpose is to find another browser?

[–] nutsack@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

so does Microsoft Windows

[–] StrongHorseWeakNeigh@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean I really don't think it's that big of deal. Edge only makes up 5% of market share, so it's obviously not helping them that much.

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's not the problematic metric though. It's the 70-80% (link) install base of the Windows OS on desktop computers that Edge is installed with that's the basis of the anti-competitive allegation.

The fact that it still only takes 5% of the browser usage is more of a happy accident.

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[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

One might even say it has an... Edge

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/O9HeC49RBpLpUj0ein

[–] airamit@feddit.rocks 4 points 1 week ago

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[–] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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?

[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 week 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

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