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Google has an undeniable monopoly on search, and a near-monopoly on web browsing software via Chrome and its forks.

Why is Chrome a monopoly? It doesn't even come pre-installed with Windows.

Edge uses the Chromium engine. That's what the author meant by forks.

Of course counting forks as part of a monopoly is nonsensical as a metric in the first place. It would be like calling Burger King and all fast food using order counters and drive throughs as a monopoly on burger restuarants. I wonder how long until we see a "It is not RICO" counterpart to monopoly given how en vogue it is in talking points.

If a cattle ranch supplied 90% of all beef, then they would have a monopoly. Regardless of whether it was prepared by McD, BK, Wendy's.

It will soon, in the form of Edge.

Are you advocating for the return of a "Choose your Browser" panel like that one that was forced onto Windows a few years back?

The new edge uses chromium under the hood.

And using Chromium for Edge was entirely Microsoft's choice. They weren't forced to use it because they had no other choice.

Doesn't change that it gives more power to google to shape web technologies.

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