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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)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Their main income is from businesses. They don't care what an individual user does.
That said, most motherboards already have a license key for Windows attached. Or you can just use a Windows 7 or 8 key you have laying around. I believe they wanted to stop being able to do this, but it still isn't implemented.