The difference here is that the user chose to walk into those gardens, and can walk out at any time (although I don't use Chrome - is it possible to change the search client?). It's not like Edge forcing them to use Bing.

But nobody is forcing them to use Edge or Bing anymore than they were forced to use Goolge (which forces Google search on you).

There's absolutely nothing to these claims.

Cortana will only open links in Edge, so it is forced.

See my comment below...

Cortana forces both Edge and Bing on you.

You're not forced to use Cortana, but it's an integrated AI-based assistant, like Google Now or Siri. Bing provides the back end and stores personalization info for cross-platform use.

You can use your browser of choice in Windows 10, and your search engine of choice. Nothing forces you to use either Edge or Bing.

If you choose to use Cortana then you are asking Microsoft to deliver a different type of service, which it does.

Apple and Google control their own back-end systems in exactly the same way, and Siri also "forces" you to use Bing (among other things) without asking or telling you.

Yeah, Chrome ships with 12 search engines that you can pick from the settings menu (in the US version at least), and you can add custom ones too.

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You can change the default search engine to any site that uses OpenSearch technology. In Microsoft Edge, first go to the website of the search engine you want. Then, select More actions (...) > Settings, scroll down, select View advanced settings, scroll down again, and then select Change search engine. Select your search engine's website in the list, and then select Set as default. If you don't see your search engine in the list, make sure that you've visited the search engine's website in Microsoft Edge, and that your search engine uses OpenSearch technology.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/instantanswers/390c87f8-...

That is not the question I was replying to.