Microsoft browser ballot option ends after five year deal expires

Microsoft has stopped offering Windows users the browser choice page that it was forced to display five years ago by the European Commission.

The page came up after complaints that Windows unfairly encouraged people to use Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser over alternative options.

A statement on the browser choice page still points out that alternatives are available.

"This website was created by Microsoft in accordance with a decision issued by the European Commission in December 2009. The obligations imposed by the decision have now expired and Microsoft will no longer maintain this website," it said.

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