with the launch of windows 11 operating system last year Microsoft made it clear that he wants users to stick to Edge browser. Now, the latest report from web analytics service StatCounter suggests that the tech giant’s strategy for its browser is working. According to the tracking website, Edge is now used on 9.54% of desktops worldwide, just behind Apple‘s Safari With 9.84 per cent market share. The data also shows that Google Chrome still holds the largest market share with 65.38% users. Edge has seen significant growth since the launch of the new Windows OS.
Even though Edge has had the third largest market share since April, it’s still a far cry from Chrome. It can’t be denied that even Microsoft’s move to improve its browser using Chromium has finally started to pay off.
What is Microsoft’s Windows 11 browser strategy
Microsoft has changed the way users are assigned default apps in Windows 11. On the new operating system, users will have to set default apps by file type or link type instead of a single switch. This means that to change the default browser, users have to change the default file types for FTP, HTTPS, HTTP, HTML, HTM, PDF, SHTML, SVG, WEBP, XHT and XHTML.
A few months back, the company also started blocking third party apps like EdgeDeflector. Whenever users search for anything via the search box in the Start menu, Microsoft takes them here edge browser and the Bing search engine. Apps like EdgeDeflector are used to bypass these restrictions and view search results in your preferred browser.
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