Since this sublemmy doesn’t have any requirement for the title to be the same as the source, can we actually have a correct title: “Microsoft abides to laws in EU and does <…>”, or even better “Microsoft is forced under EU law to <…>”.
The title makes it appear as if it’s out of charity and goodness of their corporate heart. (Fabrication)
Funny what happens when you have a government that actually gives a shit.
I just wish they didn’t also constantly try to force backdoors into everything…
Thats what happens when you get unionised.
(because the EU is a type of Union)I’m sorry, I’m not familiar with this concept…
But I thought Edge was so crucial for the system to function it can’t be removed? That’s what MS told me at least, and I definitely trust them
No that’s internet explorer. They “removed” it, but really it’s just hidden in a way so you can’t run it directly.
Windows 11 does not allow Edge to be removed. There may be some roundabout ways to do it, but the system actively puts up a LOT of roadblocks. It’s extremely trashy.
Yea, but as you can see, it’s really just a browser added ontop. When they made xp, it was so deeply rooted it was silly. Windows explorer panels used it, I think the help reader application (remember that?) was completely re-written on it. Anything that didn’t look like a standard dialog from 2k or before, used the web engine for the UI. Hell you could even set the desktop to a webpage.
It was ahead of its time, but in a bad way.
I just found out the other day that items pinned to the taskbar are in %AppData%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar. 🤦♂️
Microsoft is a sad parody of itself.
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I’d love to at work, but I’m using some win-only software with a f-ed up licence manager that I cannot stuff into a VM.
Oh look, with the threat of a big enough fine, you can uninstall those things.
Or at least hide the front ends for them.
I love being in EU
The best control: uninstall Windows.
The home of the brave, and the land of the free.
And local (offline) accounts when?
Still using it that way.
Hoops to jump through on fresh install but still possible afaik.
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🇪🇺the🇪🇺land🇪🇺of🇪🇺the🇪🇺free🇪🇺
Imagine living somewhere where those in charge have even there smallest bit of spine.
This is why when u pirate windows u always pirate the European version. Not that I condone pirating windows that would be immoral and wrong.
uses Linux to pirate Windows
deletes the iso because it sucks
just because I could!
I need windows for my cad program so I just run it in a vm
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U can’t run them through proton they need all sorts of unsupported windows api bs
Pirating windows and adobe is never wrong.
Windows 11 is freely available through official channels and only disables some personalization GUIs if you don’t activate. But you can still customize things without the GUI. There may be other gotchas to force you to pay up, but piracy isn’t even necessary.
By piracy I mean modifying some registry keys to trick the free version into thinking its activated
I’m not sure Microsoft would agree, but I feel that’s fair game since the registry is readily available and accessible to any user. It seems clear that Microsoft now treats Windows as a marketing tool to get people to subscribe to their other services, anyway. The way they cram marketing and adverts into every process and corner of the OS, it’s a wonder they are still trying to charge at all.
U can half the size of windows if u use some of the debloater tools. U can also replace the start menu with the win7 version and that’s legitimately better.
Microsoft is grudgingly forced to give…*
Microsoft: “Suck it, Americans”
🐧
The only correct answer. Also too little too late for MS. Suck up a little bit of inconvenience to gain back your life with 🐧
