Previewing changes in Windows to comply with the Digital Markets Act in the European Economic Area
blogs.windows.com
Hello Windows Insiders, Microsoft is working to ensure compliance with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) in the European Economic Area (EEA). We have released the November 2023 non-security preview update for Windows 11, version 23H2 to the Rele

geteilt von: https://lemmy.world/post/8371095

Long post and well worth the read, but the interesting part to me is this:

Windows operating system and apps

Customers using Windows have always used a combination of operating system functionality as well as apps, but now Windows will clearly identify operating system functionality in places like Settings, Start, and Search:

  • Settings > System > System Components will show notable operating system components.
  • Start menu’s All Apps list has been renamed to All and operating system components are labeled with “system”.
  • Under Search, search results will show operating system components labeled with “system”.

All apps in Windows can be uninstalled. Of course, apps can always be installed again from the Microsoft Store and internet. Settings > Apps > Installed apps continue to show all the apps installed on the PC and we’ve added the ability to uninstall:

  • Camera
  • Cortana
  • Web Search from Microsoft Bing, in the EEA
  • Microsoft Edge, in the EEA
  • Photos
  • Shayeta@feddit.deEnglish
    1635·
    7 months ago

    Because it has never been good enough for the average terminal-averse user to begin with.

    • Sureito@feddit.deEnglish
      281·
      7 months ago

      You don’t need that in todays world. Otherwise the Steam Deck would have been dead on arrival

      • Spiralvortexisalie@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        7 months ago

        Counter-point, on the Steam Deck/ SteamOS almost anything involving getting past the one app shell (Steam) or installing from a store (flathub) requires terminal and often does not survive system updates. It honestly sounds like Windows 8 typing it out.

    • ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social
      181·
      7 months ago

      There are plenty of distros which can be operated entirely through graphical user interfaces. Ubuntu, for example.

    • MiddledAgedGuy@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      7 months ago

      I love Linux, but I’ll admit what you say has some credence.

      Linux has a lot of polish now. Most big distros are going to have an easy to use GUI installer, and there are several mature very usable desktop environments.

      But, for example, if a new user has an nvidia card it’s probably going to be a poor experience for them and they won’t understand why or how to fix it. So there’s shortcomings there. I blame nvidia for this specific issue, but your average user probably doesn’t care about that. They just want their video card to work well.

      • Shayeta@feddit.deEnglish
        21·
        7 months ago

        It is definitely getting better. I’ve been running the same Arch installation with KDE for the last 5 years at work. Surprisingly stable and had little to no issues.

        Still, the issues I did have required a basic understanding of what a package manager is, what does sudo do, and other general linux knowledge.

        The results difference between a newbie googling “wifi doesnt work” and an experienced user googling “networkmanager service logs showing error XY” is just too great.