Browser Choice Alliance
@browserchoicealliance.org
The Browser Choice Alliance is a coalition of browsers dedicated to the idea that consumers should have the right to choose, keep, and use their preferred browser as the default on Windows without that choice being undermined.
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Consumers deserve the freedom to choose their desktop browser. Microsoft uses manipulative designs and coercive tactics to force users back to Edge, violating their digital freedom and user experience. Learn more about Microsoft's dark practices and how you can help stop them: bit.ly/4i1NQSh
Microsoft sabotages both itself and its users by pushing aggressive tactics that coerce users into sticking with Edge against their will — rather than letting them decide for themselves.
November 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Microsoft sabotages both itself and its users by pushing aggressive tactics that coerce users into sticking with Edge against their will — rather than letting them decide for themselves.
Microsoft impedes users’ freedom to choose and use their preferred desktop browser by subjecting them to a series of deceptive tactics that bully users into sticking with Edge.
Let’s put a stop to this: bit.ly/4hW0Cn3
Let’s put a stop to this: bit.ly/4hW0Cn3
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Microsoft impedes users’ freedom to choose and use their preferred desktop browser by subjecting them to a series of deceptive tactics that bully users into sticking with Edge.
Let’s put a stop to this: bit.ly/4hW0Cn3
Let’s put a stop to this: bit.ly/4hW0Cn3
Microsoft has resorted to bribing Windows users with cash rewards to keep them from switching their browser, as covered in a slew of recent articles, including one by @forbes.com
Read it here: bit.ly/4oDIS2h
Read it here: bit.ly/4oDIS2h
Microsoft Offers Chrome Users ‘Real Cash’ Rewards To Change Browser
Yes, this really is free money from Microsoft. What to know.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Microsoft has resorted to bribing Windows users with cash rewards to keep them from switching their browser, as covered in a slew of recent articles, including one by @forbes.com
Read it here: bit.ly/4oDIS2h
Read it here: bit.ly/4oDIS2h
CEO of Astian Foundation, Alfonso Hernández, sat down with BCA to share his thoughts on the weight that browser choice holds — to users, to browser developers, and to the internet at large.
November 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
CEO of Astian Foundation, Alfonso Hernández, sat down with BCA to share his thoughts on the weight that browser choice holds — to users, to browser developers, and to the internet at large.
Every time Microsoft pushes someone to Edge, it's violating that person's control over their digital experience and ability to navigate the internet on their own terms.
It's not just about a browser—it’s about whether a consumer can make their own choices, or if Microsoft gets to decide for them.
It's not just about a browser—it’s about whether a consumer can make their own choices, or if Microsoft gets to decide for them.
October 27, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Every time Microsoft pushes someone to Edge, it's violating that person's control over their digital experience and ability to navigate the internet on their own terms.
It's not just about a browser—it’s about whether a consumer can make their own choices, or if Microsoft gets to decide for them.
It's not just about a browser—it’s about whether a consumer can make their own choices, or if Microsoft gets to decide for them.
Opera browser is appealing the European Commission’s decision not to designate Microsoft Edge as a gatekeeper under the DMA, and appeared in the EU General Court this week to argue its case.
Learn more: www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
Learn more: www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
Microsoft Edge is textbook 'gatekeeper,' Opera argues to EU judges in DMA appeal | MLex | Specialist news and analysis on legal risk and regulation
Microsoft's Edge web browser is a "gateway" for business users and should have been handed additional obligations under the EU's Digital Markets Act, rival web browser Opera insisted to EU judges on W...
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October 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Opera browser is appealing the European Commission’s decision not to designate Microsoft Edge as a gatekeeper under the DMA, and appeared in the EU General Court this week to argue its case.
Learn more: www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
Learn more: www.mlex.com/mlex/article...
“We always want the web to keep moving forward in a really productive and useful way."
Tom Beverley, technical co-founder of Wavebox, speaks to how Microsoft does just the opposite. Hear his thoughts on how their anti-competitive actions harm developers, end users, and innovation. 👇
Tom Beverley, technical co-founder of Wavebox, speaks to how Microsoft does just the opposite. Hear his thoughts on how their anti-competitive actions harm developers, end users, and innovation. 👇
October 20, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“We always want the web to keep moving forward in a really productive and useful way."
Tom Beverley, technical co-founder of Wavebox, speaks to how Microsoft does just the opposite. Hear his thoughts on how their anti-competitive actions harm developers, end users, and innovation. 👇
Tom Beverley, technical co-founder of Wavebox, speaks to how Microsoft does just the opposite. Hear his thoughts on how their anti-competitive actions harm developers, end users, and innovation. 👇
JOTA, one of the largest law-focused media outlets in Brazil, recently published an article covering how Microsoft is pushing its browser onto users in the race for AI, highlighting insights from former Microsoft lawyer and BCA spokesperson, Gene Burrus. Read it here: bit.ly/3KYjy7X
Corrida por IA fez Microsoft forçar agressivamente uso de seu navegador, dizem concorrentes
Cade deve decidir se abre ou não o processo por concorrência desleal até o fim de outubro, após o fim da investigação
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 4:50 PM
JOTA, one of the largest law-focused media outlets in Brazil, recently published an article covering how Microsoft is pushing its browser onto users in the race for AI, highlighting insights from former Microsoft lawyer and BCA spokesperson, Gene Burrus. Read it here: bit.ly/3KYjy7X
A new article by @techradar.com considers why Microsoft Edge users may be declining.
“When something is consistently shoved in your face over the years, the automatic reaction for many people is to start to get suspicious. Why is Microsoft so keen to get me to use Edge?”
“When something is consistently shoved in your face over the years, the automatic reaction for many people is to start to get suspicious. Why is Microsoft so keen to get me to use Edge?”
October 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
A new article by @techradar.com considers why Microsoft Edge users may be declining.
“When something is consistently shoved in your face over the years, the automatic reaction for many people is to start to get suspicious. Why is Microsoft so keen to get me to use Edge?”
“When something is consistently shoved in your face over the years, the automatic reaction for many people is to start to get suspicious. Why is Microsoft so keen to get me to use Edge?”
The BCA is a proud sponsor of @smashingconf.com New York 2025! Tailored to front-end developers and UX designers, notable speakers will discuss topics like design systems, AI, accessibility and UX research.
We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
October 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The BCA is a proud sponsor of @smashingconf.com New York 2025! Tailored to front-end developers and UX designers, notable speakers will discuss topics like design systems, AI, accessibility and UX research.
We hope to see you there!
We hope to see you there!
This week, we gave a preview of our new report on browser competition in Latin America at an event in São Paulo. Alongside BCA members and policy experts, the roundtable discussion covered evolving competition dynamics in browser markets, as well as broader competition trends.
October 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This week, we gave a preview of our new report on browser competition in Latin America at an event in São Paulo. Alongside BCA members and policy experts, the roundtable discussion covered evolving competition dynamics in browser markets, as well as broader competition trends.
Selective hearing (səˈlektiv/ /ˈhiriNG/):
The act of @microsoft.com choosing to ignore the sea of voices begging to use the browser of their choice.
Source: bit.ly/3IHl9hG
The act of @microsoft.com choosing to ignore the sea of voices begging to use the browser of their choice.
Source: bit.ly/3IHl9hG
September 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Selective hearing (səˈlektiv/ /ˈhiriNG/):
The act of @microsoft.com choosing to ignore the sea of voices begging to use the browser of their choice.
Source: bit.ly/3IHl9hG
The act of @microsoft.com choosing to ignore the sea of voices begging to use the browser of their choice.
Source: bit.ly/3IHl9hG
System updates are just another opportunity for Microsoft to employ its dark patterns. And with Windows 10 End of Life fast approaching — both users and policymakers should be on the lookout.
Once again, an update to the latest version of Windows 11 changes your default browser to Edge. @microsoft.com was never held to their sentencing in the 1998 antitrust case. That needs to be rectified.
September 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
System updates are just another opportunity for Microsoft to employ its dark patterns. And with Windows 10 End of Life fast approaching — both users and policymakers should be on the lookout.
Talk about an abuse of power.
Before a user even receives a Windows PC, Microsoft has already stacked the deck to lock out any browser other than Edge.
CADE has jumped into action, launching an investigation into Microsoft. Learn more here: bit.ly/46l432q
Before a user even receives a Windows PC, Microsoft has already stacked the deck to lock out any browser other than Edge.
CADE has jumped into action, launching an investigation into Microsoft. Learn more here: bit.ly/46l432q
The TLDR on Opera’s legal complaint in Brazil - Browser Choice Alliance
The Brazilian competition authority, CADE, has opened a formal investigation into Microsoft following a legal complaint by BCA member Opera.Opera’s complaint may have been filed in Brazil, but Microso...
bit.ly
September 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Talk about an abuse of power.
Before a user even receives a Windows PC, Microsoft has already stacked the deck to lock out any browser other than Edge.
CADE has jumped into action, launching an investigation into Microsoft. Learn more here: bit.ly/46l432q
Before a user even receives a Windows PC, Microsoft has already stacked the deck to lock out any browser other than Edge.
CADE has jumped into action, launching an investigation into Microsoft. Learn more here: bit.ly/46l432q
About to start a support group for anyone who’s experienced this recently. We’re here for you. <3
September 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
About to start a support group for anyone who’s experienced this recently. We’re here for you. <3
"Before you ever open a new PC, Microsoft uses anti-competitive agreements to stack the deck by coercing PC manufacturers to exclusively pre-install Edge ... which Microsoft then reinforces by building a moat around Edge."
Read @brucel.bsky.social’s latest blog here: bit.ly/47J9dGw
Read @brucel.bsky.social’s latest blog here: bit.ly/47J9dGw
Back to the 90s: Microsoft Is Resurrecting Anti-competitive Tactics
In an era dominated by quantum computing, self-driving cars, LLMs, and dancing robots, you probably aren't seeing much TikTok content about PC web browsers.
You should be. The PC browser enables you t
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September 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"Before you ever open a new PC, Microsoft uses anti-competitive agreements to stack the deck by coercing PC manufacturers to exclusively pre-install Edge ... which Microsoft then reinforces by building a moat around Edge."
Read @brucel.bsky.social’s latest blog here: bit.ly/47J9dGw
Read @brucel.bsky.social’s latest blog here: bit.ly/47J9dGw
Bing always had a small banner promoting Microsoft Edge — now, they’ve taken it up a notch.
When a user searches “Chrome” on Bing, Microsoft deploys a scoreboard, or a chart, that compares Edge to Chrome, unfairly positioning Edge as the clear winner.
Learn more here: bit.ly/4psh69w
When a user searches “Chrome” on Bing, Microsoft deploys a scoreboard, or a chart, that compares Edge to Chrome, unfairly positioning Edge as the clear winner.
Learn more here: bit.ly/4psh69w
Bing’s new ad displays Microsoft Edge “scoreboard” over Google Chrome downloads on Windows 11
I found a new Microsoft Edge ad on Bing, which uses a full-fledged table to compare the two browsers when you try to install Chrome.
bit.ly
September 17, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Bing always had a small banner promoting Microsoft Edge — now, they’ve taken it up a notch.
When a user searches “Chrome” on Bing, Microsoft deploys a scoreboard, or a chart, that compares Edge to Chrome, unfairly positioning Edge as the clear winner.
Learn more here: bit.ly/4psh69w
When a user searches “Chrome” on Bing, Microsoft deploys a scoreboard, or a chart, that compares Edge to Chrome, unfairly positioning Edge as the clear winner.
Learn more here: bit.ly/4psh69w
Live from the @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium today:
"There is bipartisan recognition that antitrust can promote innovation, it can promote growth, it can promote dynamism." -FTC Chair, Andrew Ferguson
"There is bipartisan recognition that antitrust can promote innovation, it can promote growth, it can promote dynamism." -FTC Chair, Andrew Ferguson
September 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Live from the @georgetownlaw.bsky.social Global Antitrust Enforcement Symposium today:
"There is bipartisan recognition that antitrust can promote innovation, it can promote growth, it can promote dynamism." -FTC Chair, Andrew Ferguson
"There is bipartisan recognition that antitrust can promote innovation, it can promote growth, it can promote dynamism." -FTC Chair, Andrew Ferguson
For years, we’ve been tracking Microsoft's attempts to force users to use Edge instead of their preferred browser. A new letter to the FTC suggests that those same practices may have made them vulnerable to a ransomware attack.
Read more: bit.ly/4nvKVoc
Read more: bit.ly/4nvKVoc
Wyden Calls for FTC Investigation of Microsoft for Enabling Ascension Hospital Ransomware Hack with Insecure Software | U.S. Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
The Official U.S. Senate website of Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 7:03 PM
For years, we’ve been tracking Microsoft's attempts to force users to use Edge instead of their preferred browser. A new letter to the FTC suggests that those same practices may have made them vulnerable to a ransomware attack.
Read more: bit.ly/4nvKVoc
Read more: bit.ly/4nvKVoc
7-10 months.
That’s how long it would take astronauts to travel to Mars.
Which, honestly, is nothing compared to the amount of time and torment it takes for a Windows user to try to set the default browser of their choice.
That’s how long it would take astronauts to travel to Mars.
Which, honestly, is nothing compared to the amount of time and torment it takes for a Windows user to try to set the default browser of their choice.
September 15, 2025 at 5:37 PM
7-10 months.
That’s how long it would take astronauts to travel to Mars.
Which, honestly, is nothing compared to the amount of time and torment it takes for a Windows user to try to set the default browser of their choice.
That’s how long it would take astronauts to travel to Mars.
Which, honestly, is nothing compared to the amount of time and torment it takes for a Windows user to try to set the default browser of their choice.
Want to know the TLDR on CADE’s formal investigation into Microsoft following a legal complaint by Opera?
We’ve got you covered: bit.ly/3JUWkiR
We’ve got you covered: bit.ly/3JUWkiR
The TLDR on Opera’s legal complaint in Brazil - Browser Choice Alliance
The Brazilian competition authority, CADE, has opened a formal investigation into Microsoft following a legal complaint by BCA member Opera.Opera’s complaint may have been filed in Brazil, but Microso...
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Want to know the TLDR on CADE’s formal investigation into Microsoft following a legal complaint by Opera?
We’ve got you covered: bit.ly/3JUWkiR
We’ve got you covered: bit.ly/3JUWkiR
“I’m trying to make sure that the web stays open and available to all.” -Bruce Lawson, Technical Communications Officer at Vivaldi Browser
Hear what else he has to say about fair competition and consumer choice:
Hear what else he has to say about fair competition and consumer choice:
September 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“I’m trying to make sure that the web stays open and available to all.” -Bruce Lawson, Technical Communications Officer at Vivaldi Browser
Hear what else he has to say about fair competition and consumer choice:
Hear what else he has to say about fair competition and consumer choice:
If Microsoft was a music streaming service…
It would ignore your queued songs and play whatever it wants instead. Because that’s what Microsoft does — acts off of its own agenda instead of respecting consumer choice.
Learn more: bit.ly/3IHl9hG
It would ignore your queued songs and play whatever it wants instead. Because that’s what Microsoft does — acts off of its own agenda instead of respecting consumer choice.
Learn more: bit.ly/3IHl9hG
September 9, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If Microsoft was a music streaming service…
It would ignore your queued songs and play whatever it wants instead. Because that’s what Microsoft does — acts off of its own agenda instead of respecting consumer choice.
Learn more: bit.ly/3IHl9hG
It would ignore your queued songs and play whatever it wants instead. Because that’s what Microsoft does — acts off of its own agenda instead of respecting consumer choice.
Learn more: bit.ly/3IHl9hG
When you’ve used your last brain cell to manually find and switch all of your settings away from Edge after changing your default browser…this is what you start seeing.
September 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When you’ve used your last brain cell to manually find and switch all of your settings away from Edge after changing your default browser…this is what you start seeing.
Microsoft is locking users into Edge. Opera is standing up for your right to choose.
Learn more: bit.ly/3VpL2W8
Learn more: bit.ly/3VpL2W8
August 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Microsoft is locking users into Edge. Opera is standing up for your right to choose.
Learn more: bit.ly/3VpL2W8
Learn more: bit.ly/3VpL2W8