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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

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?

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

so does Microsoft Windows

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

One might even say it has an... Edge

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago
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