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Windows has a lot of bloatware dependencies
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Edgecore sounds like a really exciting but actually bland genre of music.
Sounds like it would be all build-up and never a drop
Edge is completely safe to remove in my testing, at least if removed through the Chris Titus Utility.
Didn't they lose a lawsuit about tying the browser into the OS?
So his Meme is correct the system will break if you force it to uninstall something?
There's a "Getting Started" app built in to win11 that is both completely useless and totally unremovable by any method without breaking the OS.
That's because it's not an app. Do "Winget list" and you'll see it's not there.
It's part of the shell. Open it up, look at task manager, and you'll see it's not spawning new processes. Which also mean it's irrelevant - it doesn't add any background tasks, modifies any files or in anyway interfere with the users. It's quite literally just an icon created by the shell.
Its more of the dependency chain. I wouldn't consider tying your taskbar, web browser, and other microservices together like that a good thing in any ecosystem. Its not really the fact that removing system files breaks your system. Its that the taskbar and web browser should not be considered Core. People want to choose and not have their non-choice staring at them with their new gurl from the sidelines.
And the web browser being an integral part of the OS is a fucking joke to most of us.
Wait... so you are talking about webviews when I was talking about the actual browser? Lmao... talk about a false equivalency.
I'm talking about forcing the actual browser installation. Nothing you said has countered this, Android doesn't force Chrome to be installed for webviews in applications. The webview class is nothing close to being a full browser, and certainly doesn't require a browser to be installed to use it. If anything, that is an example of the right way to do it... having a separate class, that is not dependent on the actual browser installation.
Yes, please go on, I can't wait to hear more of your ridiculous takes.
You can easily remove Edge but need to install Edge WebView.
The person you are replying to is completely right and you're wrong.
webview != browser... what is so hard to understand about this? The fact that an OS is reliant on a browser out of the box, is absolutely ridiculous. If all these app dependencies were on the Edge Webview base instead of pointed at the actual browser installation, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Scroll up. All the way you. See that picture? That's you.
Yeah, I agree with the meme, Windows is absolute dogshit... it's a joke. I didn't realize it until switching to Linux and seeing how an OS should be built.
Linux is pretty dogshit as well. I haven't seen a decent UI yet either.
Lmao, thank you for confirming to me that I should not consider your opinions. You obviously have no clue what you are talking about. Every major Linux DE runs circles around Windows DE in terms of both UI and workflows. It's not even close... like, not even a little bit close. I'll write you off as another ignorant Windows pleb... imagine being hard stuck Windows.
Again. Scroll up. That's a picture of you.
Imagine having no taste and thinking there are decent Linux UIs. Good Jesus.
You don't need to keep reaffirming my judgment of you, I'm completely satisfied with it. And as I've already told you, I don't consider the opinions of morons. Stay mad over being a Windows pleb... no sweat off my balls, in fact, it's hilarious to me.
You have got to be trolling.
Most things are probably fine, though Windows updates might do something funky or just put it back from where you threw out that trash.
But Edge is a different story. Microsoft in their infinite wisdom decided to make Edge, their web browser, essential for Windows Explorer, their file manager and desktop among other things, to function properly.
So if you get rid of Edge, things can get kinda fucky. I haven't looked into if someone has made a workaround, I know that there are modified "debloated" Windows installs that do some heavy duty mucking about in there, but I don't know if anyone's figure out how to give Edge the ax without making your desktop freak out.
That was definitely by design. I'm surprised they haven't done that with more of their other bloatware tbh.
You just need to install Edge WebView separately.
Yes, though I'm pretty sure I've uninstalled or atleast disabled cortana with no problems
At some point this holds true for any and all environments.