Microsoft tries to stop users who want to download Chrome or Firefox

Bing, the search page of Chrome and Firefox now appears a banner that recommends not to move to browsers other than Microsoft Edge.

Over the years, there have been many twists in the so-called browser war. Not much time has passed since Chrome has uprooted the scepter from the hands of the Internet Explorer, and Microsoft wants to recover that scepter at all costs. The strategy is focused on Microsoft Edge, the new browser native to Windows 10 with a universal interface that is struggling a bit to penetrate the market.

The latest estimates say that edge has used a total of only about 2% of users, although it is a bit too early to draw the first conclusions. To speed up the adoption of the new browser. However, Microsoft is implementing some tactics exploiting some default settings in Windows 10. In Microsoft’s plans to become the

most popular operating system and the only browser installed on the first start it is Edge.

To download new user is forced to use it at least once, with Bing (Microsoft’s search engine) set as the default. It is probably for this reason that the company began to place a big banner at the top of the page research Chrome and Firefox on Bing, which tries to discourage the user to download other web browsers.

The banner reads: ” Microsoft recommends Edge for Microsoft Windows 10, ” or “Edge of Microsoft recommends that Microsoft Windows 10″. By clicking on ” Find out why ” (Learn why) you are directed to a page showing all the unique features of the browser from Redmond. The ad does not seem to appear to all users, and it would appear to be exclusive US.

Only appears during the first search of Chrome and Firefox, while it seems that Opera or other browsers minors are not yet entered in the crosshairs of Microsoft.