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		JacobJack on April 9, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reborn 3: Desktop browser with Web 3, faster VPN a... Same here... Opera sets itself as default browser without any action/prompt whatever. It also adds the Opera icon in the task bar without asking anything. Red line crossed. Next step is probably to uninstall competitors ?

devbat8712 on April 10, 2019 [–]

Not saying setting itself as the default browser is a good thing or anything, but Firefox also pins to taskbar automatically. Chrome does too IIRC.

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