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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] 1 points 1 week ago

running "winget install firefox" in an elevated powershell gets you a better browser without ever opening edge. but then you still cannot uninstall it and all the other shit about it still stays active.

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

https://giphy.com/gifs/O9HeC49RBpLpUj0ein

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

Not to forget than when using bing, if you look for words like Firefox or Chrome, you get a large banner saying to use Edge instead. Super shady stuff

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yup. Teams ignores default browser and opens URLs in Edge. I have to right click copy and open in Firefox. I refuse to be forced to use Edge

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

There's a setting Teams, under "Files and Links" where you can change it from Edge to Default Browser. Scummy that it works that way, but you can work around it at least (for now anyway).

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