Microsoft's 'Recall' feature can't be uninstalled after all - eviltoast

Who is surprised?

  • Empricorn@feddit.nl
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    2 months ago

    Didn’t they say the same thing about Internet Explorer, it was part of the OS and can’t be uninstalled or disabled…

    Then, antitrust legal action against Microsoft and it turns out they can enable it being removable. Whoops!

    • thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      They are doing a lot better about baking stuff in these days. If you uninstall edge on windows you unironically break a lot of systems, can’t even play Minecraft or use teams lol

      • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
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        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.