- Mozilla has issued a warning about Microsoft’s design practices, claiming that the company uses harmful design tactics to influence users to switch to its Edge browser.
- The report highlights how Microsoft interrupts the installation process of Google Chrome on Windows devices, promoting the security and privacy benefits of Edge.
- Mozilla calls for regulatory action to restore browser choice and competition across major platforms.
Archive link: archive.ph/koBY6
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Well there’s your problem!
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Microsoft really wants someone to remind it of these days:
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BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
I like that part of firefox’s summary was that it’s free. Uh, yeah, they all are. Thanks Mozilla!
Aopen@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Well, its not proprietary
stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Opera originally wasn’t free.
Also, while it is chromium based, Vivaldi is excellent and is essentially a bunch of old Opera team members.
kilgore_trout@feddit.it 9 months ago
It is the only Free software in that dialog though.
KISSmyOS@feddit.de 9 months ago
No, they are all available at no cost. Only Firefox is free software.
GigglyBobble@kbin.social 9 months ago
I don't remember that. Where is it from?
Microsoft never liked competing browsers (not even in the pre-IE6 era when they all they had was crap), so it's hard to believe it came from them.
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 9 months ago
EU fined the sh1t out of them, and somebody in the regulatory body at the time realized that was not enough. So they were ordered to present the user with a choice of a browser during the OS install.
What I really want to know is why and how it went away.
bitwolf@lemmy.one 9 months ago
Honestly surprised Opera and Mozilla don’t strike again together
space@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 months ago
Opera gave up a long time ago when they abandoned Presto. Today it is owned by some Chinese company, and they are just chasing the latest buzzwords, crypto, AI, you name it.
vinhill@feddit.de 9 months ago
There are talks in the EU with the DMA about bringing this back.
AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 9 months ago
Yup, they already forced Google to announce that they’ll add such a choice screen for the search engine and web browser on Android: neowin.net/…/google-will-add-new-search-and-brows…