![]() ![]() Now, which settings could those be? As I click through, I find that Edge is yet again the default browser. That’s right, Microsoft once again pushing me to use Microsoft’s recommended browser settings. The next time I started Edge, I saw this: Microsoft being “helpful” again – sheer coincidence it overrides your choice in favor of their product? Are you sure you’re sure? Microsoft really does not want you to use a different browser.īut I was determined to set Vivaldi as my default browser, so I ignored Microsoft’s nudging and chose to “Switch anyway”. ![]() Windows 11 is even worse, as Forbes reports. So it makes basic things like changing the default browser difficult. What are the odds?Īfter downloading and installing Vivaldi, I wanted to set it as my default browser. But Microsoft doesn’t give up that quickly. ![]() They tell you that you don’t need to try another browser and tell you to use the one they recommend… which is made by them. Searching for Vivaldi? Microsoft recommends using their own browser instead. But it seems like Microsoft does not like the idea of people trying out Vivaldi… This is what they show when you search for Vivaldi in Bing on Edge. Naturally the first thing I did was to fire up the default browser Internet Explorer (Edge) to download Vivaldi. I picked up on this latest round when I got my new Windows laptop. And it is frustrating in 2021 to find Microsoft blatantly engaging in anti-competitive practices once again. ![]()
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