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New Windows driver blocks software from changing default web browser
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this post was submitted on 07 Apr 2024
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Considering that Edge makes itself the default browser and even PDF reader on its own every few weeks, I don't trust Microsoft to keep Edge from taking over as default without user input.
They'd have to. They don't make the change so they can be nice. It's probably also only for EU users, when it releases.
Nope the article state
No they don't. At most they just have to detect automatic changes and ask the user to confirm. They have no reason for forcing the user to dig into menus and then also repeatedly override that same choice.