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You Can't Change the Default Browser or Switch To Google Search In Windows 10 S
Edge will remain the only browser that can be set to open .htm files, or web links from other apps, by default. Taking things a step further, users will also be prohibited from changing the default search engine from Bing. Alternatives such as Google or DuckDuckGo will be blocked in this regard. You can always visit the respective websites, though.
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It seems to me that Microsoft has every intention of joining Apple and Google's Android in using walled off gardens, hooray for everyone. /s
What do you want? A general-purpose programmable computing device? For yourself? What’re you, a terrorist?
I use standard unrooted android with firefox and duckduckgo. Most URLs open in firefox for me.
Anytime Google wanted to they could remove your ability to install Firefox or change duckduckgo. Microsoft is going to allow you to install another browser and change the search function in that browser but will not allow you to change Edge from its default status, meaning everything auto opens in Edge, not Firefox and Bing is the system wide search provider much like the Google bar at the top of Android and outside of your non-default installed browser you will have to use Bing.