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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 (www.windowscentral.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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First RCS now this, today has been wild

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[–] 252 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (37 children)

ABOUT FUCKING TIME. Take edge and shove it so far up your data tracking sphincter of a face hole.

Can we please get these laws on a global level.

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  • [–] 70 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Well they'll probably reinstall it with every update anyway.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I can't wait to see what this breaks and how the fix is to reinstall edge for all kinds of mundane issues.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    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.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    I’m not disagreeing, but what entity would enforce those global laws?

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  • [–] 76 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I vote for angry mob with convenient access to an active volcano.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago* (4 children)

    Who needs a volcano when woodchippers can park right in your driveway.

    Remember to load them feet first kids!

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    *jots down 'load kids feet first into chipper'

    Wait, is Microsoft violating child labor laws, too!?

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  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Same way laws are enforced now? Each country passing it and the companies needing to comply to continue operations.

    Why are they force to comply right now if the laws don’t work?

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    You’re missing the point.

    The ICC only has power in countries that let them have power. If a given country doesn’t feel like doing that, the ICC has precisely zero recourse or ability to enforce.

    What should citizens in countries like that (which may or may not be dictatorships, single-party states, theocracies, or some other restrictive, un-democratic, and/or xenophobic form of government) do?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Yes and I’m saying each country should implement it themselves so that we can reach global saturation. That is what I meant in my original response to op.

    You are taking what I said out of proportion. Obviously we need Superman to enforce a global ruling hand over mankind.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    La Haye International Court of Justice, of course.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (11 children)

    If I have to keep a chromium browser around, in addition to Firefox, I'd rather edge than mainline Chrome.

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  • [+] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (8 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Suggestions? Preferably for both Windows and Mac

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I'm not sure I would. Edge is trash, it keeps shoving the AI bullshit, all the MSN news stuff, ads for cheaper shopping, all in your face when you first start up. While you can turn it off, it gets annoying doing that every time you reinstall or spin up a new VM. Chrome, for all its faults, is a lot less annoying freshly installed.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    I appreciate your sense of relief, but don't share it. This isn't the first time Microsoft has been ordered to stop pushing its stuff (remember Internet Explorer?) and I'm sure it won't be the last.

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