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by darknavi 42 days ago
The same reason Windows only respects users choices in Europe, they make more money with the settings elsewhere in the world and will only change unless regulated.

> In the EEA, Windows will always use customers’ configured app default settings for link and file types, including industry standard browser link types (http, https).

https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/11/16/preview...