Mozilla accuses Google, Apple and Microsoft of anti competitive practices

Google Chrome is the undisputed leader in the web space. In its latest report, Mozilla is calling out Google, Microsoft and Apple for not only limiting users’ choice, but has also resulted in unhealthy competition. “There is no specific menu where a user can select their default browser; instead they must click on a browser within the settings menu and then select the option to change the default browser within the list of options for amending that particular browser’s settings," Mozilla report says. Annoyingly for the user, this prompt appears every time the person opens a new Safari window and uses Google Drive unless they take action to select the “Don’t switch" option. Nudges and the design of choices presented by operating systems generally lead to consumer decisions that are in the platform’s best interests, and not necessarily those of consumers, Mozilla says in the report.