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I am all for hating on Google, but is this really a problem? How many people are consistently opening different links in different browsers? Whats wrong with ju

I am all for hating on Google, but is this really a problem? How many people are consistently opening different links in different browsers? Whats wrong with just setting the default to some non-Chrome browser?

HWR_14 5y ago
Well, it's a great way to try to force web developers (who must make it work on Android Chrome) to either buy extra devices or be unable to use the default of their choice. And if you can get the developers to default to Chrome, that's good for reinforcing "chrome first" development. Edit: Apparently I misunderstood the imposition (see the response chain below). Seems benign but annoying for power users.
- unholiness 5y ago
  Developers have no trouble changing this setting though, right?
- k1t 5y ago
  You can use the default of your choice. Previously, if you didn't choose a default, Android would ask you every time you opened a url - which browser? Now, if there's no default set, it just uses Chrome instead. Workarounds are disabling Chrome, or setting a third party browser selector as the default browser.
  - HWR_14 5y ago
    Ah, I misunderstood. Thanks for the correction. Seems fairly harmless then, as the most common reason for nondefault is an error. I would like to see an explicit way to set it to "none" by including a first party browser selector.
  - curt15 5y ago
    Does Android 12 now hard-code references to Google Chrome?
ProAm 5y ago
I do all the time. I use Chrome, Firefox, Firefox Nightly on a daily basis for different things.