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.
You always could delete onedrive
On a new Windows 11 install, I uninstalled OneDrive straight away and it was a mess. I couldn’t get rid of the nagging that it was unable to back up my files as my storage was full when in office documents. I had to reinstall OneDrive but disconnecting it per instructions still didn’t fix it. The only thing that made that message go away was deleting files in online OneDrive.