how to set the default browser on the global other ics

[HowardZ]

How To Easily Remove HTC Linkify From Any HTC Device | DroidDog Android BlogDroidDog Android Blog

 

[HowardZ]

I suspect that this may be the only reason we got the ota global update.

Apple won a patent lawsuit forcing this change in android phones. The article explains how to undo this change.

 

[acejavelin]

Actually, the latest update seems to loosen the HTCLinkify restrictions that has been there a long time, and this fix has been out a long time too... You can now open Youtube links in the Youtube App directly, before this update I always had to open them in Boat Browser, which would then launch the Youtube app.