Microsoft is doing so to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which takes effect for several tech companies next March.
Microsoft will let users in the European Union uninstall the Edge browser from Windows.
The company is making the change to comply with the EU’s Digital Market Act, which was designed to ensure fair competition among the major tech companies, including Microsoft, Google, and Apple. The EU has designated these firms as “gatekeepers” due to their size and potential to suppress smaller players.
Microsoft says it’s preparing a preview release of Windows 11 for EU users that’ll let them uninstall Edge, which currently can’t be removed from the OS or Windows 10.
