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Monopoly giant can't stand it when anyone else has a monopoly:
Microsoft Edge has been spotted inserting a banner into the Chrome download page on Google.com begging people to stick with the Windows giant's browser.
As noted this week by Neowin, an attempt to download and install Chrome Canary using Edge Canary – both experimental browser builds – led to the presentation in the Edge browser window of a banner graphic celebrating the merits of Edge.
"Microsoft Edge runs on the same technology as Chrome, with the added trust of Microsoft," the banner proclaims atop a button labeled "Browse securely now."
This was on a Google web page, google.com/chrome/canary/thank-you.html, and it's not clear how this ad surfaced. Edge appears to display the banner by itself when the user surfs to the Chrome download page on Google.com, which is just a little bit aggressive.
[...] An individual familiar with browser development confirmed to The Register that he could reproduce the ad, which was said to be written in HTML but wasn't placed "in" the page. He described the ad as its own browser window that, surprisingly, was viewable with Edge's "Inspect" option for viewing source code.
Our source speculated the ad was implemented in a way that pushes down the "Content area" – the space where loaded web pages get rendered – to make space for a second rendering area that holds the ad.
[...] Among those who concern themselves with the nuances of browser behavior, it's argued that blurring the boundaries between what the browser presents and what the website presents is both confusing and a potential security risk.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by corey on Thursday March 23, @09:40PM (4 children)
Yep same. I actually now miss Internet Explorer. But I never used it anyway, but this shenanigans is ridiculous. I can’t believe they actually go to the extent of fuckerising websites for their own gain. I think Google should sue them for meddling and tarnishing their website (IP?).
My work PC sets Edge as the default browser at each start up and whenever I open it. Whenever this happens, I need to open Firefox settings and manually set it as the default again. Unfortunately I somewhat have to use it as it automatically authenticates our internal internet websites using Okta whereas with Firefox, I have to enter passwords, TFA, etc.
This seriously needs to be back in court with antitrust written on it.
(Score: 4, Funny) by JoeMerchant on Thursday March 23, @10:49PM
>this shenanigans is ridiculous
In the early days of dialup, I found it remarkably new (and good) to be using my current ISP to search for a new ISP, with no interference. Kinda shocking that it took this long for a "carrier" to use their position of power to abuse that power in the targeting of competitors.
No surprise at all that it's Microsoft doing it.
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(Score: 2, Insightful) by mcgrew on Friday March 24, @02:28PM (2 children)
I actually now miss Internet Explorer.
LOL, Edge is Internet Exploiter rebranded. If it was open source I could prove it. But I agree, both Microsoft and Google need to be back in court for anticompetetive behavior. Monopoly is not capitalism, monopoly is fascism.
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(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 24, @04:04PM (1 child)
Edge is Google Chrome rebranded, actually.
(Score: 2) by ledow on Friday March 24, @07:13PM
Ironically, it's mostly open-source as well as it's actually based on Chromium.