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0 pointshooby2y ago0 comments

Not the best example though, as Windows these days is pushing Edge as anti-competitively as ever.

Windows now comes with three built in browsers: IE, Edge(Blink), Edge(Webkit) - none of which can be uninstalled.

Every other update users will bugged about switching to Edge again (exact amount varies by version and locale).

System apps will ignore default browser settings and use Edge to open all links (except in the EU they very recently went back to using the default browser again).

Browser-choice dialogue is gone, instead Edge will pester you if try to use it to download another browser.

Point being, all those punishments did absolutely nothing to stop or curb the anti-competitive behavior.

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jhasse2y ago· 2 in thread

Edge never used Webkit, but their own implementation called EdgeHTML.

raxxorraxor2y ago

No, they changed the engine a year ago or two. Just around when they advertised the new Edge.

account422y ago

They changed from I-Can't-Belive-It's-Not-Trident to Blink, yes. Not from or to WebKit unless you count Blink as WebKit, but ggp already lists Blink separately.

fxtentacle2y ago

“Not the best example though, as Windows these days is pushing Edge as anti-competitively as ever.“

I'd say that makes it an excellent example because it clearly shows that government enforcement of those rules used to have teeth. But since lost them.

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