Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users

Re:Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users by alexvitkov on Monday September 11, 2023 @06:50AM (#37465364)

Microsoft probably has better data than me, but I can't imagine that that many people switch to Edge after Microsoft forcefully opens it when you try to search for a local file.

Just show some fucking respect to your users, it will be worth more than the 0.003% market share you get from opening Edge when I click a pdf

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Re:Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users by eloc49 on Monday September 11, 2023 @09:50AM (#37467234)

Same deal when Chrome opens mailto links in gmail.com in the browser instead of my default mail client. Stuff like this made my switch to Firefox even more of a no-brainer.

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Re:Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users by phartenfeller on Monday September 11, 2023 @10:16AM (#37467625)

I am totally pro-Firefox, but your case is not about Chrome being a bad actor. For websites to be registered as link handlers, the user gets asked and has to accept (like camera access)[1]. There is no difference between Chrome and Firefox in this case.

[1] https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/set-gmail-as-browser-defa...

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