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I'm on a macbook currently using firefox for my default browser, haven't been forced to use safari. On my windows rig I use chrome, haven't been forced to use

• celsoazevedo 4y ago
  I don't know if something changed recently, but Microsoft deserves some criticism: - https://www.howtogeek.com/744102/windows-11-makes-it-hard-to-change-your-default-web-browser/ https://www.howtogeek.com/744102/windows-11-makes-it-hard-to... - https://www.howtogeek.com/768727/microsoft-calls-firefoxs-browser-workaround-improper-will-block-it/ https://www.howtogeek.com/768727/microsoft-calls-firefoxs-br... On macOS it's easy to change this, but things like the "tips" notification it displays after a major update still opens on Safari, ignoring your setting.
• iggldiggl 4y ago
  There are a few places in Windows where Microsoft does force links to open Edge instead of whatever your default browser is. Depending on your usage patterns I guess it is possible to never stumble across those places [1], but they do indeed exist [2]. [1] E.g. I've only really encountered them in one place so far, and it's easily possible to avoid that place, too. [2] That one place I certainly know of is the lock screen in case you've kept the default "Show random pretty pictures" setting turned on.
• WaitWaitWha 4y ago
  Set Firefox as your default browser on Windows. Save a file with the extension .htm. It defaults to Edge, no matter what.