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I realize a side effect of this is it promotes Edge, but this feels like when websites would use JS to set that website to your homepage. Lots of bad actors use
by dehrmann 5y ago
I realize a side effect of this is it promotes Edge, but this feels like when websites would use JS to set that website to your homepage. Lots of bad actors use defaults in bad ways, so I'm fine with blocking them and having the OS manage this. My only concern is that this isn't a real problem now that most tasks are either idiosyncratic or in a browser. Maybe it was a fix needed in 2005.
- rideontime 5y agoIt might not be clear - this is ignoring the user's choice and forcing Edge. This behavior is more like what you're describing than what it "fixed."
- dehrmann 5y agoAh, I missed that part. Yeah, not honoring the default browser for links opened by the OS is bad, but I also like that the OS manages defaults, not apps.
- pseudalopex 5y agoBut it doesn't. And Windows 11 removed the default web browser setting. You have to change every protocol and file type separately now. Or have an app do it for you.