Muhawarar 'yancin zaɓe a cikin masu binciken gidan yanar gizo ta kai wani muhimmin batu tare da samuwar Browser Choice Alliance. Kamfanoni kamar Google, Opera da Vivaldi sun hada karfi da karfe don yin tir da abin da suke la'akari da ayyukan adawa da gasa ta Microsoft, wanda mai binciken Edge ya haɗa cikin tsarin aiki na Windows. A ƙoƙarin daidaita kasuwa, wannan haɗin gwiwar ya nemi Hukumar Tarayyar Turai ta rarraba Microsoft Edge a matsayin 'mai tsaron ƙofa' a ƙarƙashin Dokar Kasuwan Dijital (DMA).
Menene Ƙungiyar Zaɓin Mai Binciken Bincike?
Ƙungiyar Zaɓin Browser ita ce ƙungiyar da ta ƙunshi fitattun masu bincike kamar Chrome, Opera, Vivaldi, Waterfox da Wavebox. Babban manufarsa ita ce ta yin Allah wadai da dabarun da Microsoft ke amfani da shi don fifita Edge, wanda yawancinsu suke ganin cutarwa ga gasa da 'yancin zabar masu amfani a cikin yanayin da tsarin Windows ke mamaye.
A cewar membobin ƙawancen, Microsoft na aiwatar da dabarun da aka sani da "tsararrun duhu." Wadannan mai amfani dubawa kayayyaki Suna nufin yin tasiri ga yanke shawararku ta hanya mara kyau, yana mai da wahala a yi amfani da madadin masu bincike. Babban misali na wannan shine tsoffin saitunan burauza a cikin Windows 11, wanda ke tilasta masu amfani su canza saitunan da hannu don kowane nau'in fayil da yarjejeniya. Kodayake Microsoft ya ƙara zaɓi mafi sauƙi a cikin sabuntawar kwanan nan, ta wuri a cikin tsarin Yana da wuya a samu, wanda ke hana masu amfani da yawa yin canjin.
Takamammen korafe-korafe akan Microsoft
Ƙungiyoyin sun nuna hanyoyi da yawa waɗanda Microsoft ke inganta Edge don lalata masu bincike na ɓangare na uku:
- Sake saita saitunan tsoho don goyon bayan Edge bayan sabunta tsarin.
- Juyawa ta atomatik na hanyoyin haɗin kai daga ƙa'idodi kamar Ƙungiyoyi da Outlook zuwa mai binciken Edge.
- Saƙonni akan Bing waɗanda ke hana zazzage madadin masu bincike, gabatar da Edge a matsayin zaɓi mafi aminci.
- Gargadin SmartScreen Defender Microsoft lokacin ƙoƙarin shigar da masu bincike masu gasa, yana haifar da rashin tabbas ga masu amfani.
Jon von Tetschner, Shugaba na Vivaldi, ya bayyana muhimmancin waɗannan ayyukan ta hanyar cewa: "Masu bincike na tsaye ba za su iya yin gasa daidai ba lokacin da aka fi son Edge ta wannan hanyar. Yana da gaggawa cewa masu mulki su sa baki.” Kuma ya yi gaskiya, tun da na san masu amfani da Windows da yawa waɗanda suka daina yin amfani da Edge don guje wa rashin jin daɗi.
Dokar Kasuwannin Dijital da mahimmancinsa
Dokar Kasuwannin Dijital ta Tarayyar Turai na neman tabbatar da gasa ta gaskiya ta hanyar ayyana wasu manyan ayyukan fasaha a matsayin 'masu tsaro'. Wannan yana tilasta kamfanoni su ba da garantin mafi girma samun dama da aiki tare akan dandamalinsu. Koyaya, yayin da kamfanoni kamar Google da Apple an riga an rarraba su ƙarƙashin wannan nau'in, Microsoft Edge ba a haɗa shi da farko ba, tsallakewa wanda Ƙungiyar Zaɓin Browser ke da niyyar gyara.
Idan za a haɗa Edge a matsayin 'masu kula', Microsoft zai zama wajibi:
- Sauƙaƙe saituna don canza tsoho mai bincike.
- Tabbatar da aiki tare da masu bincike na ɓangare na uku.
- Guji duk wani fifikon jiyya zuwa Edge a cikin tsarin halittar sa.
Krystian Kolondra, mataimakin shugaban gudanarwa na Opera, ya ce: "Kare 'yancin zaɓi yana da mahimmanci don adana gidan yanar gizo azaman sarari mai buɗewa da kyauta. Shi ya sa muka himmatu wajen shiga wannan harkar.”
Yiwuwar tasirin rigimar Browser Choice Alliance akan masu amfani
Sakamakon wannan yunƙurin na iya yin tasiri mai mahimmanci akan kasuwar mai lilo. Ƙa'ida mai tsauri na iya daidaita damar don masu bincike masu zaman kansu, ƙarfafawa mafi girma sabon abu da kuma amfanar masu amfani da ƙarshe ta hanyar faɗaɗa zaɓuɓɓukan da ake samu a kasuwa.
Koyaya, wannan yanayin kuma yana nuna babbar matsala: haɗarin da kamfanonin fasaha ke amfani da babban matsayi don iyakance gasa. Misali, irin wannan ayyuka sun kai Google zuwa a bincika a Amurka saboda tsoffin yarjejeniyoyin ta akan injunan bincike, wanda kuma ya shafi zaɓin mai amfani.
Rigimar ta haifar da wata mahimmin tambaya: har zuwa wane irin yanayi ya kamata kamfanoni su kasance da alhakin ba da garantin ingantaccen yanayi da gasa? Yayin da Hukumar Tarayyar Turai ke duba koke-koken kawancen, komai na nuni da cewa wannan muhawarar za ta yi matukar tasiri ga ka'idojin fasaha a nan gaba.
Wannan yanayin yana misalta yadda ga alama ƙananan yanke shawara, kamar zabar mai bincike, ke nuna manyan batutuwa game da haƙƙoƙin mabukaci da ƙarfin gasa a zamanin dijital. Ko menene sakamakon, da alama a bayyane yake cewa madadin masu bincike Sun kuduri aniyar ba za su yi shiru a gaban giant din Redmond ba.