Links in emails continue to open in safari even though firefox is set to default browser

When clicking on a link contained in an email it activates safari for the search rather Firefox my default browser. I have tried removing safari, but when I do that no connection happens at all.
Any help?

Safari is not going to open Firefox since they are both browsers. When you set a default browser, it means that if you click a link in an email, say, the browser that the link will open with is Firefox. If you want to launch a browsing session on your own, you select the browser you want to use.
Cheers,
GB

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