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Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all (mashable.com)
submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Webview2 is the edge component that is assumed to be installed on all Windows computers. Unlike runtimes which a launcher could detect is missing and install, Webview2 doesn't have a silent installed that can be bundled. The user must, by hand, go to a website, select their CPU architecture, and install it.

Anyways it's clear that, at least within the Windows org, Microsoft is the new Oracle and teams are pointing guns at each other. Hopefully it dies quick to avoid this slow decay.