--- title: Opera loses EU court fight to have Microsoft Edge... description: The EU's General Court rejected Opera's legal challenge seeking to have Microsoft Edge designated as a gatekeeper service under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/opera-loses-eu-court-fight-to-have-microsoft-edge-labelled-a-gatekeeper-hxl7x8iw7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Opera loses EU court fight to have Microsoft Edge labelled a gatekeeper | daily.dev og:description: The EU's General Court rejected Opera's legal challenge seeking to have Microsoft Edge designated as a gatekeeper service under the Digital Markets Act (DMA).... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/opera-loses-eu-court-fight-to-have-microsoft-edge-labelled-a-gatekeeper-hxl7x8iw7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Hxl7X8IW7.png og:image:alt: Opera loses EU court fight to have Microsoft Edge labelled a gatekeeper og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Opera loses EU court fight to have Microsoft Edge labelled a gatekeeper **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The EU's General Court rejected Opera's legal challenge seeking to have Microsoft Edge designated as a gatekeeper service under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The ruling upholds the European Commission's February 2024 decision that Edge, despite meeting DMA user thresholds, is not an important gateway for reaching European users. Opera had argued Edge acts as a chokepoint on Windows since users must pass through it to download rival browsers, but the court rejected this reasoning. Microsoft remains a gatekeeper for Windows and LinkedIn but not Edge or Bing. The ruling follows a similar loss for Apple over iMessage/Bing designation challenges, while the Commission continues DMA enforcement elsewhere, including probing AWS and Azure and fining Google €890m. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Is Microsoft Edge classified as a gatekeeper service under the EU Digital Markets Act? No, Microsoft Edge is not designated as a gatekeeper service under the DMA. The EU General Court upheld the European Commission's February 2024 decision that Edge does not constitute an important gateway between businesses and consumers, even though it met the DMA's quantitative user threshold. Microsoft remains a gatekeeper for Windows and LinkedIn, but not for Edge, Bing, or Microsoft Advertising. _Developers weighing browser and platform compliance risk under EU rules follow rulings like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Apple loses its EU court challenge over gatekeeper status under the DMA](https://daily.dev/posts/apple-loses-its-eu-court-challenge-over-gatekeeper-status-under-the-dma-yaiwnccye) · The Next Web · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [TikTok asks Europe’s top court to scrap its gatekeeper status](https://daily.dev/posts/tiktok-asks-europe-s-top-court-to-scrap-its-gatekeeper-status-jbzinwglz) · The Next Web · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [The EU is about to declare AWS and Azure gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act](https://daily.dev/posts/the-eu-is-about-to-declare-aws-and-azure-gatekeepers-under-the-digital-markets-act-thac5fp7o) · The Next Web · 5 upvotes · 2 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft-edge](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft-edge) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/opera-loses-eu-court-fight-to-have-microsoft-edge-labelled-a-gatekeeper-hxl7x8iw7) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Opera loses EU court fight to have Microsoft Edge labelled a gatekeeper","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/opera-loses-eu-court-fight-to-have-microsoft-edge-labelled-a-gatekeeper-hxl7x8iw7","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opera-loses-eu-court-fight-to-have-microsoft-edge-labelled-a-gatekeeper-hxl7x8iw7"},"datePublished":"2026-09-02T11:43:23.545Z","dateModified":"2026-09-02T11:50:33.736Z","description":"The EU's General Court rejected Opera's legal challenge seeking to have Microsoft Edge designated as a gatekeeper service under the Digital Markets Act (DMA)....","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3ab4d1f8ced5108a7b4c6a99b784a1b9?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/3ab4d1f8ced5108a7b4c6a99b784a1b9?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/opera-loses-eu-court-fight-to-have-microsoft-edge-labelled-a-gatekeeper-hxl7x8iw7","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"microsoft-edge","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Opera loses EU court fight to have Microsoft Edge labelled a gatekeeper"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/opera-loses-eu-court-fight-to-have-microsoft-edge-labelled-a-gatekeeper-hxl7x8iw7#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"Is Microsoft Edge classified as a gatekeeper service under the EU Digital Markets Act?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No, Microsoft Edge is not designated as a gatekeeper service under the DMA. 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