Mozilla is Calling Out Microsoft for Forcing Edge on Users
"Mozilla reps tell me they've met with Microsoft about their concerns," reports PC Magazine, "but that the company wasn't responsive." "They'll do the minimum the law requires to respect user choice," explains Kush Amlani, Mozilla's counsel overseeing global competition and regulatory work... Mozilla recently marked 100 days since it released an 87-page report detailing the ways in which…
Mozilla representatives have informed me that they have discussed their concerns with Microsoft, according to PC Magazine, but the company did not respond. Mozilla's counsel, Kush Amlani, stated that they will comply with the bare minimum legal requirements to respect user choice. Recently, Mozilla published a 100-day report highlighting the ways in which Microsoft promotes Edge on Windows PCs.
One example is the "Let's finish setting up your PC" pop-up that appears after an operating system update, with an option enabled by default to set Edge as the default browser. This pop-up is absent in Europe, where European laws now compel Microsoft to make Windows more respectful of user choices. For instance, in Europe, the Start menu opens links in the user's default browser instead of Edge.
Amlani believes that to achieve this change globally, government intervention will be necessary, as he asserts, "Microsoft can do better when it's forced." The article concludes with Mozilla's main point: "No one should have to fight their OS this hard over something as simple as a browser preference."
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