Exclusive: EU's new tech laws are working; small browsers gain market share

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Independent browser companies in the European Union are seeing a spike in users in the first month after EU legislation forced Alphabet's Google , Microsoft and Apple to make it easier for users to switch to rivals, according to data provided to Reuters by six companies.

STOCKHOLM/BRUSSELS, April 10 - Independent browser companies in the European Union are seeing a spike in users in the first month after EU legislation forced Alphabet's GoogleThe early results come after the EU's sweeping Digital Markets Act, which aims to remove unfair competition, took effect on March 7, forcing big tech companies to offer mobile users the ability to select from a list of available web browsers from a "choice screen.

Cyprus-based Aloha Browser said users in the EU jumped 250% in March - one of the first companies to give monthly growth numbers since the new regulations came in. Norway's Vivaldi, Germany's Ecosia and U.S.-based Brave have also seen user numbers rise following the new regulation."We are experiencing record user numbers in the EU right now," said Jan Standal, vice president at Opera, which counts over 324 million global users.Under the new EU rules, mobile software makers are required to show a choice screen where users can select a browser, search engine and virtual assistant as they set up their phones.

Opera said most of the positive trends are from people making Opera the default browser on their iPhones.

 

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