Just deaktivate Chrome, so its not used at all…or just re-set the default Browser…
Such things can happen, by purpose or by mistake is hard to tell, nothing I would see a need to report to authorities, you have a phone with a Google System.
@yvmuell thanks for the quick reply. Yes it was an easy fix. But this was a huge trigger for me, as I actively support Free and Open Source software and know that Google has been fined for anti-competitive behavior in the past.
So that is why I hope you can confirm that this is not due to a setting by Fairphone.
Perhaps the reason is that I had it set to ask me to select a browser each time. That ability got dropped. Then I still don’t understand why I not received a prompt to select a default as I got for the search provider.