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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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[-] potentiallynotfelix@iusearchlinux.fyi 18 points 5 months ago

still not switching to windows

[-] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

How do you know a linux user?

Dont' worry, they'll tell you.

[-] CriticalMiss@lemmy.world 12 points 5 months ago

Plot twist: he’s a BSD user

[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

How do you know a linux user?

Because you're in lemmy

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

Judging by the vote ratio, looks like not that many lemmy users are linux users as you think.

[-] agelord@lemmy.world -5 points 5 months ago

How do you know a Windows user?

Don't worry, they'll bitch and moan about all the different ways Windows sucks.

[-] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

The reason you don't ever hear linux users say how much their OS sucks is because all of you are just fucking cultists.

I don't like windows, I don't like microsoft, but I'll tell you this the headaches I've gotten from supporting 10 Ubuntu desktops was five times greater than the 200 other windows users on-site.

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

The reason you don’t ever hear linux users say how much their OS sucks is because all of you are just fucking cultists.

Acktshully,

All the Linux users you're not hearing bitching about their OS is because they can't get to a browser right now, due to their environments all being borked due to [ the latest update putting them in circular dependency hell / a default option shipped with their distro hidden in a config file somewhere is not set to a sane value / their Wi-Fi driver is not compatible with the latest kernel version / nVidia drivers exploded after enabling the wiggly window effect / unexplained kernel panic / failure to read the wiki ], choose all that apply.

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

Not going to lie I've had some of those issues be the reason I gave up on any one of my 9 attempts to go full linux as a daily driver.

[-] sachamato@lemmy.world -5 points 5 months ago

After being a Debian and Ubuntu user for many years, im fairly satisfied with win 11. Once you get rid of all that bloatware and enhance some privacy settings. Q

[-] potentiallynotfelix@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 5 months ago

Lmao windows is a messy POS. It limits your capabilities and removes your freedoms to the point the eu needs to force them to allow the shitty browser that's included to be removed.

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