I haven’t seen a recent post about this.
This is a handy tool to have for anyone sick of Microsoft’s shit and those who are slowly transitioning out of their ecosystem. It forces Windows to open your default browser instead of Edge every time you accidentally click on certain links in the Start menu, the toolbar widget, or open the help page by pressing F1.
It’s simple to install and also lets you customize other actions shown below:
As shown in the image, the additional redirections include Bing Discover, Bing Search, MSN News, MSN Weather, Bing Images, PDF Viewer. Additionally, you can disable CoPilot, redirect Spotlight, Bing Chat, and Windows Store Apps.
Official site: MSEdgeRedirect.com
I know it’s not for the same reasons, but hacking your OS is a totally normal thing to have to do. It just makes us look like the stereotype when we act smug about it (and not the flattering stereotype where we all get katanas and tickets to redmond).
Windows sucks, the fact there’s an edge takeover at all is proof of that, but it doesn’t suck just because you have to hack it to get it to work.
Yeah it’s just realistic to think if you refuse to modify your pc microsoft will just set default to whatever makes them money over what’s convenient for you.