• stebo02@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    a beta build of Windows 11 in the Canary Channel includes the option for the first time to uninstall the Camera app, Cortana app, Photos app, People app, and the Remote Desktop client.

    Still no Microsoft edge though…

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      No longer providing a browser with a consumer operating system is a bad idea. How would you install another browser?

      They just need to stop plugging and advertising it so relentlessly.

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          1 year ago

          It has built in package manager now (winget install Mozilla.Firefox would install Firefox on clean Win11 installation).

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            IK I was just poking fun at windows, but the average user (a grandma or other non-tech literate person) won’t know it even exists, plus it doesn’t resolve the issue that, aside from a few maybe legal scripts, you can’t uninstall edge. Still a step in the good direction though.

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            1 year ago

            This is interesting news to me. I’ll have to poke around to see if Windows 10 got one too.

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        Sure it’s okay they come with a browser, but you should be able to uninstall edge after you’ve downloaded another browser

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        That’s the Windows 95 lawsuit all over again. They forced internet explorer on people, got sued for creating & exploiting a monopoly, lost, and had to offer people the chance to remove it.

        They claimed it’s integral part of the OS, and so were forced to un-integrate it.

        I’m sure they will find a way to give users a choice to get rid of Edge, if they really wanted to were forced yet again.