Editing Microsoft's anticompetitive practices (section)

====Prompts to stop users from installing competing browsers: 2021 - Present====
[[File:MS Edge pop-up.png|thumb|A [https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/2/22813733/microsoft-windows-edge-download-chrome-prompts screenshot] that shows an example of Edge harassing the user into using Edge.]]
Since '''December 2021''', users who install other web browsers, such as ''[[Google Chrome|Chrome]], [[Brave browser|Brave]], or [[Opera web browser|Opera]],'' will face a pop-up on their screen telling users to instead use [[Microsoft Edge|''Edge'']].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Warren |first=Tom |date=Dec 2, 2021 |title=Microsoft’s new Windows prompts try to stop people downloading Chrome |url=https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/2/22813733/microsoft-windows-edge-download-chrome-prompts |access-date=Jun 21, 2025 |work=The Verge}}</ref>  Some of the messages of these pop-ups include:<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sen |first=Sayan |date=Dec 2, 2021 |title=Microsoft says its own Edge browser is more trustworthy than "so 2008" Google Chrome |url=https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-says-its-own-edge-browser-is-more-trustworthy-than-so-2008-google-chrome/ |access-date=Jun 21, 2025 |work=Neowin}}</ref><blockquote>“Microsoft Edge runs on the same technology as Chrome, with the added trust of Microsoft.”

“That browser is so 2008! Do you know what’s new? Microsoft Edge.”

“‘I hate saving money,’ said no one ever. Microsoft Edge is the best browser for online shopping.”</blockquote>This has been reported to occur on devices running either ''[[Windows|Windows 10]]'' or ''[[Windows|Windows 11]]'', and frequently aims to directly harm the market share of Chrome,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hollister |first=Sean |date=Oct 24, 2024 |title=Microsoft now thirstily injects a poll when you download Google Chrome |url=https://www.theverge.com/23930960/microsoft-edge-google-chrome-poll-why-try-another-browser |access-date=Jun 21, 2025 |work=The Verge}}</ref> despite the browser itself running on the same codebase as ''[[Chromium]]''.