Firefox vs Edge: fresh shots fired in browser wars as Mozilla report accuses Microsoft of using ‘harmful design’ to undermine choice in Windows 11
A report commissioned by Mozilla accuses Microsoft of using ‘harmful design’ to undermine browser choice in Windows 11That allegedly includes trick wording, nagging, preselection, and generally dubious tactics to push Edge over other browsersThe report does observe the situation is better in the European Economic Area, due to regulations there, and notes that “regulatory action works”, urging authorities elsewhere to take a similar stand Mozilla, the maker of Firefox, has published another report that claims Microsoft isn’t maintaining a suitably level playing field for web browsers on Windows, and is unfairly pushing users towards Edge. As Mozilla makes clear, it published the first ‘Over the Edge’ report – about ‘How Microsoft’s design tactics compromise free browser choice’ – two years back, and the follow-up has just arrived (as spotted by Eteknix). It’s not actually written by Mozilla, I should note, but two independent researchers commissioned by the Firefox maker (Harry Brignull and Cennydd Bowles, the same pair […]