Microsoft seeks EU Digital Market Acts exemption for underdog apps like Edge

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Microsoft would doubtless take issue with that argument. However, it is becoming increasingly difficult to avoid the browser. Von Tetzchner cited the desktop search bar that slithered its way into Windows as one example of users being directed to a platform with no straightforward way of switching to a different provider.

Statcounter is focused on page views. The EC, on the other hand, is more interested in user counts rather than market share. We should also be clear that Microsoft has yet to comment on what its lawyers put in its filing. Warming to his theme, Von Tetzchner noted other ways that users were nudged Edgewards at the expense of alternatives – such as his company's Vivaldi browser.

 

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