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it house news on october 4, according to reuters, three competing browsers, vivaldi, waterfox, and wavebox, and the open web advocacy web developer group stated in a letter to the european commission that microsoft provides its edge browser with to give them an unfair advantage, eu antitrust regulators should subject them to strict eu tech rules.

the complainant believes that microsoft abused its dominant position in the operating system market by setting the edge browser as the default browser for the windows operating system and restricting the development of other browsers through various means. they note that the edge browser enjoys "unparalleled launch advantages" in the windows ecosystem, while other browsers struggle to compete. in addition, the complainant also accused the edge browser of disparaging competitors' products through misleading pop-up ads.

it house noted that the norwegian browser company opera took the lead in taking the european commission to court in july this year because the european commission exempted edge from the digital market law. this joint accusation by multiple companies will undoubtedly further increase pressure on the european commission.

according to statcounter, edge's global market share is just over 5%, compared with 66% for market leader google's chrome.

microsoft has not yet responded to the above accusations. in its february decision, the european commission said it did not consider the edge browser to be a "gatekeeper" under the digital markets act (dma), but acknowledged microsoft's obligation to allow users to easily uninstall any software application.