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Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
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#12Technically it's in the European Economic Area (EEA) but the title was too long.
That's strange, I wonder why not EU but rather EEA. Probably the smallest target amount compared to EU and aimed at resolving some conflict with a regulation that only affects EEA rather than EU?
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#13How do I make Windows 11 think I'm in the EU?
Region settings, possibly: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/adjust-region-settings-on-w...
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#14Neat! But why not respect the users choice everywhere on earth?
Regulations that were passed in the EU but not e.g. the US.
The announcement is talking about EEA rather than EU though, which smells a bit weird. I'm not sure what regulation they're trying to resolve the conflict with that is not EU wide but rather EEA and targets the usage of default browsers.
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#15Technically it's in the European Economic Area (EEA) but the title was too long.
That's strange, I wonder why not EU but rather EEA. Probably the smallest target amount compared to EU and aimed at resolving some conflict with a regulation that only affects EEA rather than EU?
The EEA contains EU countries plus Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
Re: Windows 11 system components use the default browser to open links in Europe
#16How do I make Windows 11 think I'm in the EU?
Region settings, possibly: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/adjust-region-settings-on-w...
Probably a combination of different inputs, like timezone, regional, GPS (if computer supports that) and figuring out public IP. Knowing Microsoft, they'll try their hardest to avoid flagging a computer as within EEA if they possibly could.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Regulations that were passed in the EU but not e.g. the US.
The announcement is talking about EEA rather than EU though, which smells a bit weird. I'm not sure what regulation they're trying to resolve the conflict with that is not EU wide but rather EEA and targets the usage of default browsers.
The EEA is practically “EU + a handful of countries that apply EU rules but don’t get to participate in decision making for historical reasons”.
That’s why Britain didn’t even consider joining the EEA after they left the Union. From their point of view, it would still be the regulatory burden of EU membership without most of the benefits they enjoyed as a full member. When they’d decided to take the economic impact of leaving the free trade area, it wouldn’t really make sense to stay on worse terms than they already had.
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#20Default browser has to be something as lite as possible, probably Pale Moon. Because random apps use to call the browser any time they want and if the default browser is browser I use, it eats a lot of time and laptop battery trying to start my hundreds-tab monster.
That makes me wonder: What are the rules for something to be considered a browser? Does it need to provide certain functionality, or can I register anything as a browser and just have links open in an editor?
Afaik to make a program selectable as default browser, one needs to register it as a protocol handler for http and https urls in the registry.