This is the best summary I could come up with:

If you’ve updated your PC from Windows 10 to Windows 11, you may have noticed that when you click on a link for a website, a PDF document, or a variety of other file types, you will now be sent to Microsoft’s Edge browser.

For example, even when this was written, the first time I opened Firefox, it asked if I wanted it to become the default.

For example, bring up Windows 11’s new Widget pane (by clicking on the Widgets icon in your taskbar, the one that looks like a two-paned window), and click on one of the news items that appear there — and the link will open Edge.

Another possibility is a tool called EdgeDeflector that was originally created to intercept any links in Windows 10 that were Edge-specific and rewrite them on the fly so that they can be opened by the default web browser.

I did a little browsing and read that its latest version, v1.2.3.0, would work with Windows 11.

Update April 15th, 10:23AM ET: This article was originally published on October 8th, 2021, and has been since updated to include directions for allowing the Brave browser to open certain specialized Windows links, to add a note about Microsoft blocking EdgeDeflector, and to reflect changes in the process of switching browser defaults.

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So I'm not a big fan of edge, but the addition of their chatgpt search assist to edge has made me start using it instead of google's horrible shit infested search. At least for tech stuff there is no comparison.

Linux all the way.

Windows is only on kid’s computers. Because they need roblox and generally games run better on windows.