Web browser: Google’s (un) secret browser predominance Hazardous concentration Web browser diversity, power bundling and Chromium project Advertising Monopoly Change without Risk Article in c’t 2 / 2021 read At the latest with the October update 2020 every Windows user should have a new browser. Edge is not simply an update of the unpopular old, so-called Legacy Edge, but is based on completely different technology. Instead of Microsoft’s own browser engine, the open source Chromium works with its blink engine inside.

Edge is thus in numerous company. A number of other browser manufacturers also use Chromium: Opera, Vivaldi, Brave and many more. Six of the browsers in the test are based on Chromium. They all benefit from a solid foundation and an ecosystem with thousands of extensions.

While Google’s Chrome is rather limited to the basic functions, other manufacturers are adding many useful functions to their browsers. Microsoft for example 2000 switched its browser development to Chromium, but seems to be expanding its new browser to push a lot. The group reports new functions in Edge in quick succession: a PDF viewer with editing function, for example, collections for web finds or a search sidebar.

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