This is a taste of what you can achieve when regulatory bodies actually have the guts to stand up to megacorps.
this post was submitted on 17 Nov 2023
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The fact that they only do this in Europe is the biggest "fuck you" to users they could have done.
Well if you're tired of Microsoft, you can install any of the many Linux distros completely free
For non-tech users I think the problem is momentum, for technical users it's (IMO) Stockholm Syndrome a good percentage of the time.
Really as a technical user I'm moreso afraid of how much time and how much work it'll cost me. And I know a lot of distros are 1 click installs. That doesn't matter to me. It's more the transferring files and getting things set up and settling in again. I'm already settled in on my windows 10 computer. Everything is where it needs to be. I changed to Firefox earlier this month and just that was mentally painful. I can't imagine the whole OS.
I'm in university too so this would be a day that I could be doing homework etc
I'm going to need to set my language setting to English (France) soon then.
English (UK)?
Oops, not part of EEA either, if they’re being pesky with non eu countries, then uk screwed
Maybe English (Malta) if that's an option
You should be able to set the region and the language independently, right? What if you're an English speaker living in Germany, for example?
English (Gibraltar)
Oh good another Windows N? Because, if you've tried to use it, I'm sure you'd know how well that went.
Didn't we already do this with the Windows XP "N" edition?
I miss the old pirated XP. Stripped and streamlined for your convenience.
You could try . It's not a custom image, but will heavily trim and modify the Windows base.
Or Tiny11, which you can build.
I might give that a spin, when the EEA version of 11 drops... but until then: Win10.
I am building a minimal, debloated Win11 QEMU image currently. But windows doing that on Purpose? I dont think so
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Some are not so subtle, like testing a "quiz" that made some users explain why they're trying to quit the OneDrive app.
Those living in the European Economic Area (EEA)—which includes the EU and adds Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway—will soon get the volume turned down on their Windows 11 systems.
Microsoft writes in a blog post that many of these changes will be available in a preview update of Windows 11 (version 23H2) this month.
The Digital Markets Act's impending arrival will impact other major tech firms that are considered "gatekeepers" providing "core platform services" that are "most prone to unfair business practices."
Google has recently pitched the European Union on the idea of forcing Apple to make iMessage interoperable under the Act.
On Wednesday, Meta became the first platform to appeal its gatekeeper status for its Messenger and Marketplace services, followed shortly thereafter by TikTok.
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