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> [Edge] being a required system component. This sounds.. familiar.

• Kipters 6y ago
  Both versions of Edge are used for webviews in native apps, removing it would break lots of them. Even not UWP ones, since both the Spartan webview and the new Chromium-based webview2 can be used in normal desktop apps too. For example, the auth0 SDK for WPF uses the Spartan one for login screens
• ketzu 6y ago
  Yes it is very common: Ie on windows previously, Safari on ios, Chrome on Android. Or am I understanding it wrong? It's often integrated in UI frameworks.
  • jodrellblank 6y ago
    Read it as "Microsoft got hit with anticompetitive lawsuits years ago for making Internet Explorer be a required component of Windows ". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor.... It is now very common, yes.