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.
These changes are only applicable to users in the EEA. For those outside the region, Windows will continue to function as it is!
waigl@lemmy.world 6 months ago
About 20 years ago, Microsoft was found guilty and convicted, because they forced their browser on their users, driving out competitors by abusing their de facto monopoly on PC operating systems. These days, they are doing the exact same thing again, just on an even broader base. I don’t even understand how this verdict took so long.
BakerBagel@midwest.social 6 months ago
It makes perfect sense once you understand that regulators have only cared about stock prices for the last 40 years. The EU coming down on giant corporations is a new development
Contend6248@feddit.de 6 months ago
Only because we don’t have any tech giants, we’ve slept on it so we get the money this way and try to slow down others until we figure shit out
Thorry84@feddit.nl 6 months ago
The fucking sad thing is, when they did it 20 years ago Internet Explorer became the gold standard. Now they are pushing super hard, annoying users, killing competition and they have a tiny market share. They aren’t getting anywhere, just being assholes because they don’t know how not to be.
banneryear1868@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Edge is just a Chromium build with more manageability for enterprise use.
masterspace@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Because Apple saw that and said “hold my beer”.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“They” (collectively large lobbying corporations) own the US government.
evergreen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
sunbeam60@lemmy.one 6 months ago
The behaviour required of you when you have a monopoly is different when you don’t.
These days IE isn’t a monopoly. Chrome is. So Microsoft is allowed more leeway to nudge its users.
This isn’t a verdict. There’s been no court case. This is Microsoft complying with EU regulation, which is very recent. Microsoft has responded to it quite quickly.
DrMango@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Demand reparations for Netscape Navigator!