What things look like right now, today
Source: Windows now blocks Edge browser competitors from opening links
Data file (OpenDocument Format): edge-chart.ods

Microsoft has had a very good run the past few years. It introduced a new browser, Edge, based on Chromium, which is faster and more reliable than what it replaced. It also launched Teams, a competitor to the popular communication platform Slack, which exploded as millions of people moved to working remotely during the pandemic.

Microsoft's Edge browser isn't bad. It's one of the better Chrome alternatives, and it comes with a few interesting features that make it worth a look. Microsoft Teams isn't bad either if what you want is something other than Slack and you're already deeply integrated into Microsoft's productivity ecosystem.

If you're using Windows, however, Microsoft very much wants you to use both. For example, Windows 11 makes it very difficult to get away from Edge as the default. Sure, you can set a different browser as your default, but any link within the system will still open in Edge regardless of your choice. Microsoft even went so far as to block a utility called EdgeDeflector that opened those links in whatever browser you set as default.