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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by saratogacx on Monday March 25, 2024 @02:09PM (#39819501)
The way MS did this was kind of dodge but fits the letter of the law.

On a new install of Windows 11, if you select an EU region, you will have the options to remove things like edge in the OS. You can move off that region because this flag is set only on install. If you install with a non-eu region, you don't have access to those options.

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Re:EU Launches Probes into Apple, Meta, Google Under New Dig... by noirscape on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @04:46PM (#39844395)
Being slightly late to the party with this comment, but according to XDA, the entire thing is just controlled by a JSON file in System32 (why it's not the registry is beyond me)[0].

Just for future reference if you want to disable it later.

[0]: https://www.xda-developers.com/enable-eea-restricted-feature...

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