The latest build of Windows 11, labeled Insider Preview Build 23531, has hit the insider channel with an important change that ends the mandatory use of Edge when opening links from certain sources. With this compilation of all the links coming from Outlook and Teams and from other sources like the settings panel and stories in Widgets we click They will open with the browser we chose by default, not Edge.

Currently, the links we open in Windows 11 run with Microsoft Edge, a browser that has not seen the expected success, and which the Redmond giant tried to “force” in all possible ways between users. Using a browser to open these links was one of the things Microsoft did, but the Redmond giant also resorted to other tricks.

I’ll give you one of the best examples I can remember when Windows 11 hit the market changing the default browser was very complicatedbecause it forced the user to individually click on each option in the browser selection window, which thankfully changed last year with an update that made it easier to change the default browser.

As I told you at the beginning of the article, this new construction completely changes the landscape and will free us from the Edge once and for all. It’s still on the Insider channel, but once it’s published on the general channel, all the links we click on They will open with the browser we configured by defaultand not with Microsoft Edge. However, it should be noted that at the moment this change It will only affect users residing in the European Union.

This caused a negative response from many users who consider this discrimination unfairbut it is known from all user protection laws in the broad sense and also from the competition law, they are more rigid in Europeand this was probably the determining factor in this discrimination.

It is interesting to read that, according to the source of the report, some users already they are looking for a way to trick Windows 11 into believing they are based in the European Union how to get rid of Microsoft Edge. What can I say, I don’t like this browser either, and I understand the frustration of those users, but I also don’t think it’s something serious enough to look for ways to fool your computer about your location.