with the last update this request became un-needed for me. Is there a usecase where the user does not have a default browser? If no, then please close this bug.
I'm closing this to reduce dilution from feature requests with real value.
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I was recently dismayed to learn that once I told the steam client not to warn me about external URLs, I had no UI method to undo the change or make them open in an the default browser instead of the embedded browser. Please add an open in external browser option, selection is not necessary, just whatever the default is for the DE.