This is the right answer.

This would make it harder for French users to find an alternative browser, making even more people will stick to the pre-installed Chromium based one.

Sad as it is, I think this is the optimal solution when it goes through. A lot of EU countries are against monopolies (France is not an exception), this way they would realize they are enforcing a monopoly and singular dependency.

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