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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 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] TCB13@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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