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I haven't taken the chance to dig into Win11 to know, but before Edge? Internet Explorer was bundled with Windows' Widget Kit. Uninstalling IE would break how a

I haven't taken the chance to dig into Win11 to know, but before Edge? Internet Explorer was bundled with Windows' Widget Kit. Uninstalling IE would break how applications would present to the user. Microsoft makes very weird, deeply hurtful decisions, at a depth very few people understand.

judge2020 5y ago
> Uninstalling IE would break how applications would present to the user. It makes sense for developers to use the native html renderer when they don’t want to have to include a big binary blob (Electron/CEF) to do so in their application.
- pygy_ 5y ago
  The WebView API and the browser app are not the same thing. Uninstalling the latter shouldn't touch the former, nor should it break the OS.
  - can16358p 5y ago
    Yup. At worst, the bundled browser may use the built in web renderer if applicable for whatever reason perhaps. But it definitely shouldn't be the other way around.
    - grishka 5y ago
      Android does it the right way: the web view is a separate Chromium instance that doesn't depend on your default browser.
      - can16358p 5y ago
        Yup, I think that's what should be. Installed apps and their versions shouldn't affect system components.
syshum 5y ago
Their decisions are easy to understand if you understand the motivations of the company. Which is not to please end user consumers buying retail consumer computers