Microsoft starts rollout of Windows DMA compliance changes in Europe - gHacks Tech News
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Microsoft has started the rollout of Digital Markets Act changes in its Windows 10 and 11 operating systems for users from the European Economic Area.

These changes are only applicable to users in the EEA. For those outside the region, Windows will continue to function as it is!

The changes to Windows for DMA-compliance include:

  • You can now uninstall Edge and Bing web search using the built-in settings. Earlier, the option was greyed out.
  • Third-party web search application developers can now utilize the Windows search box in the taskbar using the instructions provided by Microsoft and choose any web browser to show results from the web.
  • Microsoft will no longer sign-in users to Edge, Bing, and Microsoft Start services during the initial Windows setup experience.
  • Data collected about the functioning of non-Microsoft apps, primarily bug detection and its effects on the OS, from Windows PCs will not be used for competitive purposes.
  • Microsoft, from now on, will need explicit user consent before combining data from the OS and other sources. It will also deliver new consent screens where required.
  • @woodenskewerEnglish
    29•3 months ago

    how about fucking autopilot too instead of having to find a registry to disable it.

    Edit: I’m dumb and don’t know what I was even being mad at. I should have said copilot, that’s what I actually meant. I didn’t realize autopilot was a thing.

    • @[email protected]English
      5•3 months ago

      What do you mean. Autopilot is an enterprise feature. If you bypass Autopilot you are either circumventing your organization’s policy or you bought a computer that was not removed from org properly.

      • @[email protected]English
        24•3 months ago

        Or you actually bought a ‘pro’ license in the hopes of being treated less like an insolent child by a device you own.

        • @ClipboardsEnglish
          4•3 months ago

          Autopilot and Pro have absolutely no tie other than Pro being a requirement to leverage the enterprise feature

          • @[email protected]English
            4•3 months ago

            Ahh shit, Freudian slip…

            I thought we were talking about copilot. Microshafts desktop AI tool. Not autopilot, the corporate device deployment/lifecycle/recycling program…

            I’d imagine most of the upvotes thought the same.

      • @woodenskewerEnglish
        2•3 months ago

        I was given windows 10 pro with the computer I adopted. I didn’t realize it was an enterprise feature.

        • @[email protected]English
          2•3 months ago

          Are we talking about this feature? If yes, you must simply ask company / school in which that computer is assigned to to remove it from their Autopilot list.

          • @woodenskewerEnglish
            2•3 months ago

            I should have said copilot, that’s what I actually meant. I didn’t realize autopilot was a thing.

            • @[email protected]English
              2•3 months ago

              Oppossed to me who somehow forgot Copilot is a thing :) Should have realized that.

              I have it simply disabled in settings so it does not show up. Maybe it is not completely disabled and some parts of it are still running amd would need to apply policy to disable it, but can’t say it bothers me much.

          • @ClipboardsEnglish
            1•3 months ago

            Further, Microsoft has a support queue specifically for requesting removal if you can produce purchasing paperwork

            … Not that anyone with technical chops should care. This will only ever impact you at OOBE, which is easily bypassed