Microsoft has reportedly updated its family protection filters to provide the ability to block some rival browsers, citing the reason as being because it thought of children.
The changes are part of the company's effort to end the incompatibility caused when non-Microsoft browsers violate Windows 10's restrictive family settings.
Which browsers can be blocked?
Of course, Chrome and Firefox are among the first, and others are following. Microsoft does not mention the browsers it blocks (for children, always) by name, it simply states that it blocks browsers that do not filter the web.
“To keep your children safer, we will automatically block these browsers on their devices.”
Microsoft previously recommended parents use the world's most popular browser, Internet Explorer, and more recently Edge.
This time, however, the ban is automatic, as Microsoft states in the announcement of the change.
The ban, although automatic, is fortunately not irreversible: parents can add to the whitelist the browsers they want to use, other than those of Windows, through the settings.
