Vivaldi CEO: Stop Your Anti-Competitive Practices With Edge, Microsoft! (betanews.com)

Reader Mark Wilson writes: Microsoft is no stranger to pissing people off, particularly when it comes to Windows 10. There have been endless cries about forced updates, complaints about ads, moaning about privacy, and now the CEO of Vivaldi has lashed out at the company for its anti-competitive practices with Microsoft Edge. Jon von Tetzchner says that Microsoft has forgotten about the "actual real-life people that use technology in their daily lives." He takes particular umbrage at Windows 10's continued insistence of resetting the default browser to Edge. Indicating that his patience has now run out, von Tetzchner points to a 72-year-old friend who was confused by the change and unable to reverse things. He says that Microsoft is failing to respect the decisions made by users, and this is something that needs to stop.

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Re:Try focusing on your real competitors

[BarbaraHudson]

Vivaldi? Why in the world would anyone inflict such a non-player in the browser market on a 72 year old? Is von Tetzchner trying to keep them captive so he'll be remembered in their will?

Oh, wait - this is von Tetzchner, the CEO of Vivaldi - making the complaint. I'm sure that the 72-year-old didn't test all the browsers and then settle on Vivaldi; Tetzchner used his influence as a friend to foist it on them. Whine away, Tetzchner, or better yet, install a few different browsers and let them choose instead of using seniors as guinea pigs.