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Re:If you must run Windows 10 by nvrspyx on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @02:32PM (#20812984)
macOS does not harass you about being the default browser. All it does is show a separator in the dropdown menu [1], which I've always assumed to indicate that it's "built-in". Meanwhile, Windows will show "Recommended" next to Edge, show a pop-up asking you to try Edge before switching the default browser, and then continue to harass you every time you use Bing from a different browser on Windows. Chrome does the latter on Google as well.

1: https://imgur.com/xqnueDe

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Re:If you must run Windows 10 by kup0 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:08AM (#20819371)
That and for some reason it seems like Edge likes to try very hard to keep itself the default PDF reader. Very annoying.
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Re:If you must run Windows 10 by beatgammit on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @09:58AM (#20819789)
Fortunately, it's not bad as a PDF viewer. That doesn't excuse it, it just makes it less annoying.
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Re:If you must run Windows 10 by lozenge on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @02:49PM (#20813169)
Oh, and then it will still open Edge from Cortana queries and other places.
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