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New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 7 months ago (12 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] 2 points 7 months ago

Kinda crazy that any other method was ever implemented tbh.

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