You will still be able to choose a browser in Windows

The change will affect not only Windows 22, which will be released on October 7, but also earlier Windows.

Microsoft managed to stir up the stagnant water again in the browser war, although this time it appears that a retreat has been blown out of the battle. Opera sued the Redmondians back in late 2007 for using its monopoly on the operating system market to increase the popularity of Internet Explorer. The initiative did not have a very positive response among users, yet several other browser manufacturers later joined Opera.

The European Commission later condemned Microsoft for this method and called for a solution to include competing browsers in Windows alongside Internet Explorer. This was first rigidly rejected by Microsoft and then resolved to remove Internet Explorer completely from Windows. Later, they tried a trick that had once been applied to Media Player: Windows without IE in Europe they also launch into the market on which the user puts a browser as they wish.

Of course, this could only be a sham solution, as on the one hand it is easy to download another browser without a basic browser, and on the other hand this solution only affected boxed customers, who make up only about 5% of Windows customers, pre-installed and old. Windows users would not have been affected at all. That is why the European Commission did not accept this solution and put a significant penalty on Microsoft in the event that no real solution is found.

Microsoft will eventually solve this by having Windows offer products from competing browsers that can be installed immediately after installation, and this will be incorporated into older Windows through automatic updating. The list offered will include all browsers that have had a market share of at least 0,5% in the last six months, and this list will be reviewed every six months.