European News 🇪🇺Nov 17, 2023

No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon

Residents of the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway, will soon experience less intrusive Microsoft services on their Windows 11 systems. This is in response to the European Commission's Digital Markets Act.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/11/europeans-can-soon-strip-bing-edge-other-microsoft-cruft-from-windows-11/

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No Bing, no Edge, no upselling: De-crufted Windows 11 coming to Europe soon

Some changes will arrive for non-EU users, too, but not the easy removals.

Ars Technica
Show threadTagazielNov 17, 2023

@eunews
First the EU came for roaming charges and I did not cheer, because I did not use them. Then I went to Eurofurence and I appreciated the ability to use the net like a normal person. This is just icing on the cake.

(Wish the EU didn't have the Frontex monsters on payroll tho)
@hazardius

Show threadElMopo
@tagaziel
Baby steps. We can try and steal the "more perfect union" thing from the americans, at least...
Nov 17, 2023 at 7:54amWeb