morrowind@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoMicrosoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Actwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square465fedilinkarrow-up12.37Karrow-down117file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
arrow-up12.35Karrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Actwww.windowscentral.commorrowind@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square465fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmit.online
minus-squareBestBoucletteslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up65·11 months agoWell they’ll probably reinstall it with every update anyway.
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down3·11 months agoThat is easy enough to block or deal with. At least there’s the option to remove it at all that the non tech people can now easily access.
minus-squareImgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoI can’t wait to see what this breaks and how the fix is to reinstall edge for all kinds of mundane issues.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 months agoTurns out edge is what renders the entire UI and uninstalling it leaves you at the console. Oh and you can’t access files because the file system is an http server accessed via edge. But it does come with QBASIC, so there’s that.
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 months agoThey would get massive fines if they tried that.
minus-squareBestBoucletteslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoNot really possible anymore, Microsoft has been forcing updates since Windows 10.
Well they’ll probably reinstall it with every update anyway.
That is easy enough to block or deal with.
At least there’s the option to remove it at all that the non tech people can now easily access.
I can’t wait to see what this breaks and how the fix is to reinstall edge for all kinds of mundane issues.
Turns out edge is what renders the entire UI and uninstalling it leaves you at the console. Oh and you can’t access files because the file system is an http server accessed via edge. But it does come with QBASIC, so there’s that.
They would get massive fines if they tried that.
… then disable the update …
Not really possible anymore, Microsoft has been forcing updates since Windows 10.