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When was that?
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/api/files/document/print/en/memo_09_558/MEMO_09_558_EN.pdf
They were forced to as the result of an antitrust settlement in 2009, and then the "remedy" expired 5 years later and they ripped it out
https://www.pcworld.com/article/430914/microsoft-kills-eu-browser-choice-screen.html
Oh man, I had no idea this was a thing!