Microsoft broke a Chrome feature to promote Edge
Wow, this is much worse than I assumed:<p>&gt; <i>In fact, we were able to circumvent the issue just by changing the name of the Chrome app on a Windows desktop. It seems that Microsoft threw up the roadblock specifically for Chrome, the main competitor to its Edge browser.</i><p>From the beginning of the article, I was led to believe Microsoft had changed an API around checking&#x2F;setting the default browser to show Microsoft&#x27;s dialog instead. Which doesn&#x27;t seem great to change an API without warning, but maybe you can make an argument that it ensures a &quot;neutral&quot; choice rather than apps pushing the choice on users.<p>But this shows it&#x27;s <i>specifically against Chrome</i>. Regardless of whether it&#x27;s legal or not, it&#x27;s unforgivably anti-competitive behavior. It&#x27;s a truly shameful tactic.