morrowind@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Actwww.windowscentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square472fedilinkarrow-up12.42Karrow-down117file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareBroBot9000@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down3·1 year agoThat 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.
minus-squareImgonnatrythislinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 year agoI can’t wait to see what this breaks and how the fix is to reinstall edge for all kinds of mundane issues.
minus-squareBuddahriffic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoTurns 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.
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.
I can’t wait to see what this breaks and how the fix is to reinstall edge for all kinds of mundane issues.
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.