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[–] [email protected] 89 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Honestly a good change. Defaults should be handled by the OS. If a software wants to be your default, it should ask the OS to present the selection screen and allow the user to choose the option.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, this is a ragebait headline (and I'll admit that it caught me). This is actually in line with what you see on Android and most Linux distros. It's also likely that Microsoft doesn't want you to easily change from Edge, but still. This is better than allowing an application to silently change which applications open things on your computer.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

They could simply present a popup with "Change Default web browser to Chrome? You can change this later in settings."

While there at it they also should remove the "recommended" label and popups, the onedrive ads and Teams integration.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Unless the OS screen adds tons of clicks and popups to click though to change the default. Not to mention its kind of funny how easy it is to switch back to Edge. This is a anti competitive feature pretending to be a security feature.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

man i remember doing that once. it basically tells the user: we can force you to waste your time. keep that in mind next time you want to exert free choice. end of story: told my boss i demand using Linux, he said ok. I'm happy now fellow pingus 🐧

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

As long as that applies to all browsers equally. I don't know the current state of things but if I remember correctly, Firefox already circumvented the earlier default protection method, because Microsoft made it so that their own Edge browser didn't require those extra steps that were forced upon all other browsers.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago (2 children)

After reading the article it seems likely this is still the case. They said operating system links still open in edge even when you have another browser configured, so Microsoft is still putting Edge in a privileged position. I guess we just have to wait and see how privileged it ends up being.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Or properly crack down on this like the EU will.

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

From what I hear Edge is so privileged you can't remove it... well, you kinda just can't remove it.. but even if you can circumvent that the system starts fucking up because it needs it for those OS links.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Edge is so privileged you can't remove it... well, you kinda just can't remove it..

That will have to change with the DMA becuase otherwise M$ will get ...a really big slap on the wrist or something.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah, and if that was why it was being done, that would be awesome.

It isn't being done because it's a better policy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Kinda crazy that any other method was ever implemented tbh.