@atoponce Does the edge rewrite existing webpages to change all the links to this format? Or is it something that html authors can just use when appropriate.
If its the latter then this doesnt seem like anticompetitive behavior, it kinda makes sense if a particular link has edge specific functionality in it that doesnt match the html standard. Not that such pages should exist very often. But I could see the need under certain circumstances.
@freemo The microsoft-edge:// URIs are getting deployed in Windows 10 & 11 shells and apps, such as built-in documentation and Cortana, among other things.
The URIs are just going to external HTTPS pages, but forcing the user to use Edge.
More analysis at CTRL blog:
https://www.ctrl.blog/entry/microsoft-edge-protocol-competition.html