morrowind@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Actwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square472fedilinkarrow-up12.4Karrow-down116file-textcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldtechnews@blendit.bsd.cafetecnologia
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minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up68·1 year agoWell they’ll probably reinstall it with every update anyway.
minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·1 year 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-up14·edit-26 months agoRemoved by mod
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year 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-up2·9 months agoThey would get massive fines if they tried that.
minus-squareBestBouclettes@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year 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.
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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.