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Deciding for ourselves: 98% of people want a browser choice screen, Mozilla study finds
(blog.mozilla.org)
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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Complex? You install Firefox and two seconds later it’s pestering the shit out of you to make it the default browser
I think "complex" refers to the various dark patterns used by Windows and Mac/iOS to scare and/or force users that know nothing of computers into using the default browsers.
Guess what Edge and Chrome do if you make Firefox the default browser? They all harass you if you run them when they aren't the default. At least Firefox respects the "don't bother me about this again" checkbox
Yeah I think that's exactly his point. Every browser prompts you to make it default, it's not exactly a complex change.
Well, you are probably not using the previous defaults much once you’ve changed.
I think the article is talking about prompting users to choose a default browser without necessarily installing them, during the OS first run for example.