Microsoft has announced more tweaks to Windows in a bid to stay on the right side of Europe’s Digital Markets Act, including a promise that Edge will only nag users to become their default browser if they open it first.

The software giant in 2023 was designated as a “gatekeeper” under the DMA, a European competition law, and consequently must modify designated core platform services to accommodate competitors in the European Economic Area (EEA).

The European Commission decision [PDF] on Microsoft initially covered the Windows operating system, Bing Search, the Edge browser, Microsoft Advertising, Outlook, and LinkedIn.

But it was subsequently amended to cover only Windows and LinkedIn.

 

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