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I think for app uninstallation to be relevant it's not whether the app resides on disk that's important, it's whether it's interfering with how you use the syst

I think for app uninstallation to be relevant it's not whether the app resides on disk that's important, it's whether it's interfering with how you use the system. E.g. for a browser it's just important that the browser isn't registered as the default browser everywhere, but you can install your own browser. Being able to "uninstall" an app in a relevant way means being able to make it appear as if you don't have it. Whether or not the files the app uses are still on disk is perhaps relevant for disk space, but from a legal standpoint that seems almost irrelevant.

Shadowed_ 3y ago
What you are talking about is not uninstalling. It's disabling. Uninstalling should remove application.
- alkonaut 3y ago
  What you are talking about doesn't really have a good definition. If a windows app consists of 10 files of which 9 are used by other apps too, does that mean removing the only unique file to the app? Should it remove any configuration related to the app etc
  - eviks 3y ago
    These are easy questions, and it's been a very common experience since forever: Shared files stay until you uninstall all apps that use that User config can be removed with an extra option
eviks 3y ago
Can you cite your law where "legally" uninstall doesn't uninstall the app binaries???
- alkonaut 3y ago
  What I’m saying is that the law here isn’t about removal but the ability to not use it (and use something else instead). It sounds extremely unlikely that legal texts would care about what particular method is used to ensure that.
  - eviks 3y ago
    No, the law is specifically about removal: "To enable end user choice, gatekeepers should not prevent end users from un-installing any software applications on their operating system." And "3. The gatekeeper shall allow and technically enable end users to easily un-install any software applications on the operating system of the gatekeeper,"
    - alkonaut 3y ago
      Yes, but the idea of "removal" here I'm pretty sure isn't about disk space but about competition.

Shadowed_ 3y ago

What you are talking about is not uninstalling. It's disabling. Uninstalling should remove application.

alkonaut 3y ago
What you are talking about doesn't really have a good definition. If a windows app consists of 10 files of which 9 are used by other apps too, does that mean removing the only unique file to the app? Should it remove any configuration related to the app etc
- eviks 3y ago
  These are easy questions, and it's been a very common experience since forever: Shared files stay until you uninstall all apps that use that User config can be removed with an extra option

eviks 3y ago

Can you cite your law where "legally" uninstall doesn't uninstall the app binaries???

alkonaut 3y ago
What I’m saying is that the law here isn’t about removal but the ability to not use it (and use something else instead). It sounds extremely unlikely that legal texts would care about what particular method is used to ensure that.
- eviks 3y ago
  No, the law is specifically about removal: "To enable end user choice, gatekeepers should not prevent end users from un-installing any software applications on their operating system." And "3. The gatekeeper shall allow and technically enable end users to easily un-install any software applications on the operating system of the gatekeeper,"
  - alkonaut 3y ago
    Yes, but the idea of "removal" here I'm pretty sure isn't about disk space but about competition.