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by scarface74 1239 days ago
> That, at minimum, should be highly illegal. It's wildly anti-competitive when the platform already has home field advantage.

So should it also be illegal for third party browsers to keep nagging the user that they should be the default? That’s what Netscape did for years and what Chrome does
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jeffbee 1239 days ago
In what way does it nag?

Apple will nag you to switch to Safari, even if you have literally never used Safari. It just pops up from time to time with a notification that cannot be ignored.

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scarface74 1239 days ago
When you launch Chrome you never saw the “make Chrome your default browser” dialog?
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jeffbee 1239 days ago
It is my default browser, so I guess not. That feels like less of a nag than the platform urging you to switch browsers without any indication that you'd like to do so.
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