Changes in Windows to Comply with the Digital Markets Act in the EEA (blogs.windows.com) 12 points by Nition 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] deadlyllama 2y ago ↗ At last we can uninstall Bing & Edge!... in the EEA."Windows uses the region chosen by the customer during device setup to identify if the PC is in the EEA."Imagine the tourist ads if it was just device location: "Hate Edge? Uninstall it and see the Eiffel tower at the same time!" [–] xnx 2y ago ↗ > the region chosen by the customer during device setup to identify if the PC is in the EEA.Does that mean I can set my country to Iceland during install and change it back to US later and still have these benefits? [–] RajT88 2y ago ↗ Seems like!It is tempting now to reimage my gaming PC. [–] 8191 2y ago ↗ > Once chosen in device setup, the region used for DMA compliance can only be changed by resetting the PC. [–] ThisIsMyAltAcct 2y ago ↗ I’m hoping that despite this, the changes they’re making make it easier for third party tools to do the same thing without changing your region
[–] xnx 2y ago ↗ > the region chosen by the customer during device setup to identify if the PC is in the EEA.Does that mean I can set my country to Iceland during install and change it back to US later and still have these benefits? [–] RajT88 2y ago ↗ Seems like!It is tempting now to reimage my gaming PC. [–] 8191 2y ago ↗ > Once chosen in device setup, the region used for DMA compliance can only be changed by resetting the PC. [–] ThisIsMyAltAcct 2y ago ↗ I’m hoping that despite this, the changes they’re making make it easier for third party tools to do the same thing without changing your region
[–] 8191 2y ago ↗ > Once chosen in device setup, the region used for DMA compliance can only be changed by resetting the PC. [–] ThisIsMyAltAcct 2y ago ↗ I’m hoping that despite this, the changes they’re making make it easier for third party tools to do the same thing without changing your region
[–] ThisIsMyAltAcct 2y ago ↗ I’m hoping that despite this, the changes they’re making make it easier for third party tools to do the same thing without changing your region
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[ 2.3 ms ] story [ 26.6 ms ] thread... in the EEA.
"Windows uses the region chosen by the customer during device setup to identify if the PC is in the EEA."
Imagine the tourist ads if it was just device location: "Hate Edge? Uninstall it and see the Eiffel tower at the same time!"
Does that mean I can set my country to Iceland during install and change it back to US later and still have these benefits?
It is tempting now to reimage my gaming PC.