Microsoft Edge: many a PC Gamer knows it as a stepping stone between them and their actual browser of choice—no matter how much the software pleads with you to reconsider. But rather than simply dismissing this as looking a bit desperate, the Browser Choice Alliance argues this is just one instance of 'deceptive tactics' by Microsoft to discourage competition.
In fact, Opera, a member of the Browser Choice Alliance, has filed a complaint with Brazil's antitrust regulator about Microsoft's allegedly anticompetitive behaviour. The regulator, CADE, has since launched an investigation that is particularly interested in Microsoft's ‘Jumpstart program,' which allegedly pushes PC manufacturers towards including Edge as the default internet browser on their machines.
