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Stop forcing us to use Edge.
You're literally told by Opera, Brave, Google Chrome constantly bombarded by their fake ads on social medias, app stores, sites etc. that their browser is better and you need a 3rd party browser because Edge is supposedly not enough and it's bad.
Really? So Opera is setting itself to my default browser on a reboot, even if I don't click those ads?
I'm not mad about ads or prompts.
I'm mad because I logged onto my personal PC, to find Edge open and set default, which I had not done in any way of my own accord.
Maybe try actually reading the question / problem next time. 😄
I have a question, can you change the default browser in the settings?
- Yes, I can - but again, no program should take over as default without me directing Windows to do so. Not even at time of a manual install; it should ask.
Fixing this wasn't that hard. But should not have been necessary, and again this speaks back to all the antitrust stuff with IE, and to how malware distribution works.
They keep trying to force us to use Edge, via garbage policies and shady practices, and I am going to speak out against it, every time.I understand you a bit, but an experienced IT professional knows that Windows needs to be maintained and updated in the default environment, i.e. using default settings and Bing (now Bing AI).
These are automatically enforced technical requirements, and they really are necessary!
Third-party browsers use the same Windows defaults.
So Microsoft secures your network connections and what is a problem for you ->is a must!
- That's the same on Apple ecosystem. Apple is so much worse, they even outright deny EU's orders to open up their ecosystem.
Microsoft now allows people in the EU to completely remove Edge browser. Can you do the same on Android? no, can you do it on Chromebook? no, IOS? no, Mac OS? no.
I mean we should be realistic here, it's totally unfair to just ignore all other ecosystems that are far worse and keep singling out Microsoft.
