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[–] [email protected] 95 points 7 months ago (14 children)

Posts like these reveal how many reads the article.

This is a good thing done by Microsoft. They make sure that 3rd party software can't change the default browser without the user knowing.

They will get prompted with the choice screen showing all installed browsers. And when they make their choice, even Edge wouldn't be able to prey people into clicking a button that makes it the default instead.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Posts like this reveal how many people believe every word a megacorp PR dept announces

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's literally to comply with the EU. Microsoft doesn't do this to be nice.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

No, somebody speculated it's to comply with the EU. The rest of us are speculating that it's to push up their market share.

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