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Windows will let european users uninstall many system components such as Bing or Edge soon (blogs.windows.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Long post and well worth the read, but the interesting part to me is this:

Windows operating system and apps

Customers using Windows have always used a combination of operating system functionality as well as apps, but now Windows will clearly identify operating system functionality in places like Settings, Start, and Search:

Settings > System > System Components will show notable operating system components.
Start menu’s All Apps list has been renamed to All and operating system components are labeled with “system”.
Under Search, search results will show operating system components labeled with “system”.

All apps in Windows can be uninstalled. Of course, apps can always be installed again from the Microsoft Store and internet. Settings > Apps > Installed apps continue to show all the apps installed on the PC and we’ve added the ability to uninstall:

Camera
Cortana
Web Search from Microsoft Bing, in the EEA
Microsoft Edge, in the EEA
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"In the EEA, Windows will ask users if they want to sync their Microsoft account with Windows so that Windows data is available on their other Windows devices and in Microsoft products that users sign into." does it mean it won't ask all the others and just assume they want to?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

does it mean it won’t ask all the others and just assume they want to?

You're close. It won't ask non EEA users, but it will require they do so, much like Apple requires that you either have or create an account to use there products. There is no want/do-not-want, only mandatory participation in information collection and their push marketing channel.