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		onion2k on March 13, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Spotify to Apple: Time to Play Fair Microsoft were pushed to add a screen to the Windows installer asking the user which browser they wanted to be the default. That would work perfectly well for app stores.

cududa on March 13, 2019 [–]

In Europe* and no one used it.

phatfish on March 13, 2019 | [–]

Humm, everyone "used" it. It popped up on the first log in and didn't go away until you chose a browser. That was the point.

Also I believe it had a positive effect on Firefox gaining users, no one can claim that was a bad thing.

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