I don’t see anyone falling for this either, if they were going to they would already have edge installed.

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    8 months ago

    Is this the choice pop-up they are now legally required to buy new EU laws? There’s also a “remember” toggle. Isn’t this a positive thing to exist?

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      No, one of the two options there is “default browser” meaning the user likely already has a non-edge default browser set up. This is clearly Microsoft trying to trick users into using Edge even when they’ve chosen not to.

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      Absolutely. But MS chose to go the evil route again and ask right when you want to open a link. In that situation users want to open a link and not choose browsers so they are more likely to click on edge. It is deliberately annoying which is what op is angry about

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      Yes, let’s require setting a default value as to whether we use the default value. Maybe when Edge still isn’t as popular as they like, they can use a prompt to set the default value whether to use the default value whether to sue the default value