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

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This isn’t exactly true. It just has its own override. If you go into Settings and go to the ‘Files and Links’ section, then ‘Links open preference’ you can toggle it from Edge to Default Browser.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Good to know. Thanks. Still a shady thing to do. Why have it ignore the global setting?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

That’s why I called it an override. There are only two options in the drop down. Edge and Default Browser. They built an option to override the system default. MS will do everything they can think of to get you onto Edge.

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

Teams is built on Edge webview. It's Microsoft's lighter-weight version of Electron.