Microsoft has previously been criticized for forcing users to use the “all-new Edge browser” or, let’s say, “browsers” on Windows. Recently, the giant said that it would block all workarounds for setting other browsers as default on Windows, and the latest update is where we see this happening.
The update blocks browsers and their workarounds, and the links can no longer be forced to open with other browsers. Microsoft previously called out Mozilla and said that its workaround is “improper” and that the giant will block it in future updates, and this is the update where we see that happening. Recently, Vivaldi CEO Jon Von Tetzchner also called out Microsoft for “Trying to establish a monopoly with bad practices.”
How-to Geek reports that a new tool called MSEdgeRedirect does work, but you’ll have to have it running in the background. However, don’t expect this workaround to work forever — Microsoft might block this as well in the future.
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