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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)

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First RCS now this, today has been wild

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[–] thorbot@lemmy.world 37 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Hell has truly frozen over. I guarantee that uninstalling edge will break something else in Windows

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It does.

It breaks URLs/URIs in OneNote. Its fixable, so it's clearly the fault of the uninstaller.

The reg key for the default html handler is wiped.

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[+] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

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[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago*

It won't. System components / apps use the edge webview 2 runtime that is a separate component from the Edge browser itself.

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