India, July 16 -- Opening thoughts. Mozilla isn't at best pleased with typical Microsoft tactics. Monopolistic behaviour, is another way to describe it. Mozilla's published the Over The Edge 2.0 report this week, in which researchers Dr. Harry Brignull and Cennydd Bowles put together the findings of monitoring Microsoft's deceptive tactics to drive users towards the Edge browser on Windows PC. The conclusion is simple-"Microsoft continues to steer users towards Edge across Windows, Edge, Bing, and now Copilot through deceptive practices that make it difficult for users to download, set as default, and continue using alternative browsers."

The researchers analysed practices across Windows 10 and Windows 11 PCs in four of Microsoft's most ...