Doesn't DVD video commonly use AC3 to encode audio? That's what I remember from my DVD ripping days at least. Does that mean DVD cannot be read on windows anymo

Doesn't DVD video commonly use AC3 to encode audio? That's what I remember from my DVD ripping days at least. Does that mean DVD cannot be read on windows anymore? Or probably it was already the case since apparently they already dropped support for MPEG2 video by default