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Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act. (www.ghacks.net)

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These changes are only applicable to users in the EEA. For those outside the region, Windows will continue to function as it is!

The changes to Windows for DMA-compliance include:

You can now uninstall Edge and Bing web search using the built-in settings. Earlier, the option was greyed out.
Third-party web search application developers can now utilize the Windows search box in the taskbar using the instructions provided by Microsoft and choose any web browser to show results from the web.
Microsoft will no longer sign-in users to Edge, Bing, and Microsoft Start services during the initial Windows setup experience.
Data collected about the functioning of non-Microsoft apps, primarily bug detection and its effects on the OS, from Windows PCs will not be used for competitive purposes.
Microsoft, from now on, will need explicit user consent before combining data from the OS and other sources. It will also deliver new consent screens where required.

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[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 57 points 5 months ago

These changes are only applicable to users in the EEA. For those outside the region, Windows will continue to function as it is!

You misspelled "Windows will continue to be as fucked up as it is!"

[-] Rye@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

Easy solution: don’t use Windows or if possible nothing from Microsoft at all

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

I personally don't, but for users in a corporate environment, it's not that simple. I had to leave my organization for a service contract to escape the toxic shithole that was corporate IT with a Microsoft bias.

[-] XM34@feddit.de -5 points 5 months ago

Not for me :)

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Not OP but okay, I'll bite: What exactly do you prefer about being locked into the MS ecosystem as opposed to being allowed to choose, including the choice to keep that very ecosystem?

[-] XM34@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago

Nothing. I just live in the EU and am very happy about that fact. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠༼⁠ᴼ⁠ل͜⁠ᴼ⁠༽⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[-] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

So in other words you misunderstood me stating that continuing to force those applications down users' throats is better described as "fucked up" than as "functioning"?

[-] XM34@feddit.de 2 points 5 months ago

I assumed you meant the entire quoted paragraph including the part about the EU. Therefore my bad.

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