It is, specifically MS Edge WebView. For example new MS Teams and new Outlook client are using WebView.
This uninstall will most likely still keep Edge present, it will just be somehow hidden / not as easily accessible.
watcher@nopeeking.link 3 months ago
But I thought this was a crucial part of the operating system?!
OfficerBribe@lemm.ee 3 months ago
MP3Martin@programming.dev 3 months ago
The Internet Explorer system stuff is still there, the difference is that if it launches in a new window with a website, it automatically opens Edge instead of IE. (iirc)
lud@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Yeah, internet explorer is integrated deeply in places you wouldn’t expect.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
Which is entirely unnecessary and done explicitly so they can pretend it is essential to the operation of the machine.
lud@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Nah, mostly it’s just done stupidly many many years ago but MS being MS wants backwards compatibility.
Even MMC needs internet explorer or some stupid reason. It uses it to show HTML files or some shit.