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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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