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>>beezle+(OP)
Ok I’ll take the contrarian view. Why is it a big deal that a specialized url scheme is specifically intended to launch a Microsoft browser? Only apps built by Microsoft will use that scheme.

>>danjc+Em
You go to your system settings, and set your "default Web browser".

You use any feature of the OS that would open a Web page, like Start menu searches, "help" links (that nowadays are just links to Bing searches, another shitshow I won't get into), or dynamic wallpaper info bites.

The system says "fuck you" and opens the browser that is more convenient to their economic goals rather than your explicit choice.

Is it illegal? Thank god no. Is it subversive and a complete dick move? Definitely.

>>krolta+9u
Why shouldn't it be illegal?

>>Thiez+eR
Do we really need legislation that digs so deep in the implementation details of computers?

I would think at most something along "systems should respect user preferences where available", but definitely not "systems should never override a user preference", since there are valid cases for the latter.