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Here’s the new iOS default browser nag for iPhone users in Europe.

It’s DMA day in Europe, and I’ve immediately been prompted to choose a default browser after updating to iOS 17.4. The list is populated with “the most downloaded browsers on iOS in that country in the prior year.” I picked Chrome, but quickly switched back to Safari because I’m not crazy. But instead of finding the default setting under something like “Browser” it was under “Safari” instead — confusing.

Maybe I’ll really switch if/when Chrome ditches WebKit for Blink in the future.

<em>This popped up immediately after updating my iPhone to iOS 17.4, right after I entered my SIM PIN.</em>
<em>This is (truncated) list populated by Apple based upon previous downloads in my country (the Netherlands) last year.</em>
<em>I chose Chrome, which took me to this App Store prompt.</em>
<em>Apple wants you to know you can always return to Safari.</em>
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This popped up immediately after updating my iPhone to iOS 17.4, right after I entered my SIM PIN.
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