Browser Choice Alliance

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2024-11-26 19:00:04

Vivaldi joins other browsers in forming the Browser Choice Alliance to campaign against Microsoft preferencing its Edge browser on Windows.

Vivaldi is a founder member of the Browser Choice Alliance, which launched today. It’s an informal alliance with Opera, Chrome, Wavebox, Waterfox (and others who remain anonymous through fear of retaliation) who are all prevented from competing fairly on Windows PCs because Microsoft self-preferences its own Edge browser.

Vivaldi is available across a raft of platforms, but the majority of our users install their browser on a device running Microsoft Windows because that’s the dominant PC operating system, currently on 73% of PCs worldwide. Unfortunately, Microsoft has made it increasingly harder for third-party browsers to acquire or keep users on Windows, with an ever-changing repertoire of scare screens, nudges, friction points and deceptive practices.

In September 2023, Vivaldi was the first browser company to write an open letter to the EU expressing concerns over Microsoft’s anti-competitive practices, following the introduction of the Digital Markets Act. Despite Microsoft’s Edge browser meeting the thresholds to be subject to enhanced regulation under the DMA, the EU decided not to designate it.