Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act
Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act
Microsoft ensures Windows 11 is compliant with the Digital Markets Act in the European Economic Area.
First RCS now this, today has been wild
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ABOUT FUCKING TIME. Take edge and shove it so far up your data tracking sphincter of a face hole.
Can we please get these laws on a global level.
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Well they'll probably reinstall it with every update anyway.
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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.
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I can't wait to see what this breaks and how the fix is to reinstall edge for all kinds of mundane issues.
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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.
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They would get massive fines if they tried that.
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... then disable the update ...
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Not really possible anymore, Microsoft has been forcing updates since Windows 10.
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I’m not disagreeing, but what entity would enforce those global laws?
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I vote for angry mob with convenient access to an active volcano.
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Who needs a volcano when woodchippers can park right in your driveway.
Remember to load them feet first kids!
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*jots down 'load kids feet first into chipper'
Wait, is Microsoft violating child labor laws, too!?
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Well, your heart's in the right place.
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And apparently the kids feet are in the right place too!
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No no no! Woodchopper might be fun the first dozen or so but would quickly get boring. I want a spectacle! What if we made them do a variation of a ninja warrior obstacle course with the promise that if they make it thru the gauntlet they'll be free? (They won't make it)
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Same way laws are enforced now? Each country passing it and the companies needing to comply to continue operations.
Why are they force to comply right now if the laws don’t work?
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You’re missing the point.
The ICC only has power in countries that let them have power. If a given country doesn’t feel like doing that, the ICC has precisely zero recourse or ability to enforce.
What should citizens in countries like that (which may or may not be dictatorships, single-party states, theocracies, or some other restrictive, un-democratic, and/or xenophobic form of government) do?
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Yes and I’m saying each country should implement it themselves so that we can reach global saturation. That is what I meant in my original response to op.
You are taking what I said out of proportion. Obviously we need Superman to enforce a global ruling hand over mankind.
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I was about to say that I'd prefer alien overlords but based on Superman's origin, he's got my vote
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Space force?
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La Haye International Court of Justice, of course.
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And what happens when the country in question is one that doesn’t care that much about the ICC, and responds “make me”?
To wit: The United States has famously refused to subordinate itself to the ICC
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First of all the ICC wouldn't be involved at all. It is a EU matter so it would likely be local courts in each country or the CJEU (Court of Justice of the European Union)
It would obviously start with fines and Microsoft wouldn't have any choice but to pay (or the fines could increase a fuck ton). If they didn't pay or submit the EU could ban Microsoft in the European single market (or something less extreme).
Remember that the EU is at its core an economic union and it gots loads of power when it comes to that.
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If I have to keep a chromium browser around, in addition to Firefox, I'd rather edge than mainline Chrome.
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Suggestions? Preferably for both Windows and Mac
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At least edge only comes with other microsoft crud, not some VPN service you can't not install?
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Arc is weird but pretty good once you get used to it.
DuckDuckGo is good if you want a minimal browser and don’t really care about extensions
Brave is OK if you want a slightly more private version of Chrome
Honestly though, just use Firefox.
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All Mac browsers are just Safari anyway
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You might be thinking of iOS browsers? Mac browsers use a variety of engines
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Brave seems like a superb option.
Opera seems like a reasonable option, I guess, but I'm not sure if it has the market share to actually be seen and controversial if there was something to be controversial about.
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I'm not sure I would. Edge is trash, it keeps shoving the AI bullshit, all the MSN news stuff, ads for cheaper shopping, all in your face when you first start up. While you can turn it off, it gets annoying doing that every time you reinstall or spin up a new VM. Chrome, for all its faults, is a lot less annoying freshly installed.
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I appreciate your sense of relief, but don't share it. This isn't the first time Microsoft has been ordered to stop pushing its stuff (remember Internet Explorer?) and I'm sure it won't be the last.
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Nope. But hey look, the Democrats are coming to take your guns!
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