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Microsoft will let users uninstall Edge, Bing, and disable ads on Windows 11 as it complies with the Digital Markets Act (www.windowscentral.com)
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First RCS now this, today has been wild

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[–] 31 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

Does this also mean Google will let me uninstall Chrome from my Android device? Or is this only about PC's?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I hope we will get there too. Be able to fully install and uninstall Google services.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I hope the ability to install whatever OS on your phone that you want will become mandated and the default for all cell phones.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    This is unenforceable really. Android is a monolithic OS, it's very architecture would have to be reengineered, and then phone manufacturers would have to design their system drivers to be independent and distributable.

    Windows is modular, this comes from the standard BIOS that came out of the bios wars in the 80's. Having a standard hardware interface enables this.

    Phones don't have this.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    No it's not, just mandate unlocked or user-unlockable bootloaders, the open source Android dev community will do the rest. There would be degoogled custom ROMs and full linux (eg Ubuntu touch, postmarketOS, etc.) ports for every reasonably popular device within months.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You can already do that if you buy a phone that is compatible with LineageOS or other open source ROMs.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I think their point was that all manufacturers should be forced to allow that

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Well that would be nice of course, but won't ever happen because manufacturers are all over the world and there's no global law or regulation that could enforce that as a requirement.

    What I suggested is still the current best option consumers have.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Globally, it's impossible to force a company to do anything. But, with key markets forcing manufactures to comply, most companies decide to go the "well, i'll make it so for everyone then" route, as it can be cheaper in the long run.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    That's already possible either by using a custom ROM or by connecting to a PC and using adb.

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