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Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act

https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-will-let-windows-11-users-in-europe-uninstall-edge-bing-and-disable-ads-in-eea-dma

Microsoft ensures Windows 11 is compliant with the Digital Markets Act in the European Economic Area.

Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act::Microsoft has published a blog post detailing how it's making Windows 11 compliant with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Economic Area (EEA.)

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601error

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Only in Europe. For the rest of us, they will make sure to leave in all the enshittification that Makes Windows Worse Again.

NickwithaC

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I wonder if you could VPN into the EU and run windows update to get rid of the shit and if it would come back once you closed the connection.

800XL

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That's the first thing I thought of too. How awesome would that be to be able to uninstall all that garbage?

That being said, there has to be registry values that are set to flag it in the OS. Friends in the EU need to make a backup of the registry before updating and then check afterwards to see what changed.

Brandon

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Dude excellent idea. Regshot before and after. It could be something as simple as a user running a registry editing script.

glibg10b

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The country is chosen while installing Windows. Currently, if you use Windows International, you already lose a bunch of bloatware

Kecessa

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Pretty sure you can just change your regional settings, I always install selecting English UK and I've never seen most of the shit people post on Lemmy.

nothing

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Yes, Europe. But assuming it was everywhere; the problem is "let users". Why the hell don't we own what we buy?

thecrotch

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Users can already uninstall all of this easily enough with powershell. I assume what this ruling changes is that they have to let users uninstall with the standard tools, which was disabled because it may break things that rely on edge and they didn't want people doing it accidently.

autotldr

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This is the best summary I could come up with:

Microsoft has published a new blog post which details how Windows 11 will be made compliant with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Economic Area (EEA.)

To be compliant, Microsoft has made several changes to the OS, which now allows users to choose between providers and uninstall most in-box apps.

The company describes these changes as specific to Windows 11 PCs in the EEA, so it's unclear if users outside this area will be able to utilize these functions.

These changes will rollout in preview on Windows 11 in the Insider Beta Channel in the coming weeks, and will become generally available early next year.

The EEA is an economic and political union that spans 27 countries in the European and surrounding area.

In the case of Microsoft, this means not forcing users to use Edge or Bing, and ensuring the OS is interoperable with other services where necessary.

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Kyoyeou

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Man do I love Europe, so happy our ancestors started this stuff

crypticthree

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Now let me make the start menu normal

tabular

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