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on macOS, clicking an apple.news/* link opens in the spyware News app, bypassing your default browser selection.

@sneak and there's no apparent way to change the default handler for a given set of URLs?

It's not that much different from what's possible on Android, where a certain URL is handled by a certain app (after the user validates this, the first time). I believe osx at least used to have a way to change the mapping of URLs to apps, but they might've removed the UI to do so.

@doenietzomoeilijk
afaik macOS has never allowed for installed apps to hijack web urls, only on ios

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