how is this even implemented? Is it a custom extension?
Too bad Edge is closed source, with Chromium one can at least find places in the source code where strange things are done for specific domains
Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome
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Re: Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome
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> The problem is that Mozilla doesn’t own a leading OS. And yet Google made Chrome the dominant browser on both Windows AND macOS. How do you explain that?
Because Google is still a household brand. Everyone is familiar with Google search, Google Mail, Google Maps, Android, etc. And Chome came at a time when people were fed up with Internet Explorer. There was a gap in the market when Chrome came along. Remember that Firefox was beating the competition for a period back then too. But Mozilla isn’t a household name like Google. You don’t say “I Mozilled something last ni…
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Re: Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome
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> The problem is that Mozilla doesn’t own a leading OS. And yet Google made Chrome the dominant browser on both Windows AND macOS. How do you explain that?
Because Google is still a household brand. Everyone is familiar with Google search, Google Mail, Google Maps, Android, etc. And Chome came at a time when people were fed up with Internet Explorer. There was a gap in the market when Chrome came along. Remember that Firefox was beating the competition for a period back then too. But Mozilla isn’t a household name like Google. You don’t say “I Mozilled something last ni…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaiOS
Maybe Mozzilla should take another approach with such experiments.
Re: Every trick Microsoft pulled to make you browse Edge instead of Chrome
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Meanwhile we clamor to the EU to force Apple to let Chrome replace Safari on their otherwise vertically integrated iPhone.
I'll always support user choice and that is the only thing Apple will be forced to allow. It's extremely bizarre to justify vendor lock-in on the basis of popularity. Imagine if Microsoft would prohibit you from using Google search on Microsoft devices and force you to use Bing and anyone would justify this on the basis that Bing is unpopular.
This doesn't have to be a thought experiment.
Microsoft is currently using Windows as a platform to try and push users into Edge instead of Chrome. Do any of us have a problem calling that anticompetitive?
Because it is anticompetitive, it doesn't matter that Edge has a trailing markeshare behind other browsers, it's still user-hostile anticompetitive behavior.