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Microsoft now permits uninstalling Edge, Bing, and OneDrive to adhere to the EU's Digital Markets Act. (www.ghacks.net)

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These changes are only applicable to users in the EEA. For those outside the region, Windows will continue to function as it is!

The changes to Windows for DMA-compliance include:

You can now uninstall Edge and Bing web search using the built-in settings. Earlier, the option was greyed out.
Third-party web search application developers can now utilize the Windows search box in the taskbar using the instructions provided by Microsoft and choose any web browser to show results from the web.
Microsoft will no longer sign-in users to Edge, Bing, and Microsoft Start services during the initial Windows setup experience.
Data collected about the functioning of non-Microsoft apps, primarily bug detection and its effects on the OS, from Windows PCs will not be used for competitive purposes.
Microsoft, from now on, will need explicit user consent before combining data from the OS and other sources. It will also deliver new consent screens where required.

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[-] woodenskewer@lemmy.world 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

how about fucking autopilot too instead of having to find a registry to disable it.

Edit: I'm dumb and don't know what I was even being mad at. I should have said copilot, that’s what I actually meant. I didn’t realize autopilot was a thing.

[-] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

What do you mean. Autopilot is an enterprise feature. If you bypass Autopilot you are either circumventing your organization's policy or you bought a computer that was not removed from org properly.

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 24 points 3 months ago

Or you actually bought a 'pro' license in the hopes of being treated less like an insolent child by a device you own.

[-] Clipboards@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Autopilot and Pro have absolutely no tie other than Pro being a requirement to leverage the enterprise feature

[-] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Ahh shit, Freudian slip...

I thought we were talking about copilot. Microshafts desktop AI tool. Not autopilot, the corporate device deployment/lifecycle/recycling program...

I'd imagine most of the upvotes thought the same.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yup

[-] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 17 points 3 months ago

circumventing your organization’s policy

gasp

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 3 months ago

As the sys engineer for an organization that creates the policy....don't do that

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 3 months ago

I'm going to do it

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

I'm gonna force my entire company to edge harder because of this policy! Long live edging. I hope they edge over chrome Everytime.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 3 months ago

Make them yahoo while you're at it

[-] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago

Sure! But I'll use a group policy to disable any searching via address bar so they have to go to "www.yahoo.com" I'll block any site that isn't prefixed with www. Manually

[-] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

This incident has been reported

[-] subtext@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

https://xkcd.com/838/

[-] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

A literal felony!!

[-] woodenskewer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I was given windows 10 pro with the computer I adopted. I didn't realize it was an enterprise feature.

[-] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Are we talking about this feature? If yes, you must simply ask company / school in which that computer is assigned to to remove it from their Autopilot list.

[-] woodenskewer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

I should have said copilot, that's what I actually meant. I didn't realize autopilot was a thing.

[-] OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 2 points 3 months ago

Oppossed to me who somehow forgot Copilot is a thing :) Should have realized that.

I have it simply disabled in settings so it does not show up. Maybe it is not completely disabled and some parts of it are still running amd would need to apply policy to disable it, but can't say it bothers me much.

[-] Clipboards@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Further, Microsoft has a support queue specifically for requesting removal if you can produce purchasing paperwork

... Not that anyone with technical chops should care. This will only ever impact you at OOBE, which is easily bypassed

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