Windows user? Microsoft is sure working hard to keep you from choosing your own browser. By putting MS Edge at the center of their OS, and using other design techniques, #Microsoft makes it hard to use other browsers. #Browsers #BrowserSuppression #AntiCompetitive https://research.mozilla.org/browser-competition/over-the-edge-the-use-of-design-tactics-to-undermine-browser-choice/

The #BrowserSuppression (aka #WEI) "proposal" has been archived on github.

https://github.com/RupertBenWiser/Web-Environment-Integrity

But not in real life. As predicted, the approach is being resurrected. It's being taken to #Android, because … well, because, #Google.

Placation incoming: "narrowly scoped, and only targets WebViews embedded in apps". Diplomacy is the art of being able to say "nice doggie" until you have time to pick up a rock.

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2023/11/increasing-trust-for-embedded-media.html