Windows 11’s Default Browser Situation Is so Messed Up, Firefox Hacked It

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[–]package 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Firefox is so messed up, it runs a background service which constantly phones home to mozilla telling them what your current default browser is even if you’re not using firefox

[–]chadwickofwv 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's still a hell of a lot better than IE or edge.

[–]Southbound06 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It does? I've had a sniff around process hacker and nothing is even remotely related to firefox when it's not running. Perhaps you mistyped "chrome?"

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https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/mozapps/defaultagent/default-browser-agent/index.html :P