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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)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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First RCS now this, today has been wild

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

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