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The best part of the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) is how it affects Windows 11 and the software installed on it. Thanks to the DMA, EU (EEA) users can easily remove Microsoft Edge and replace it fully — not just by hiding it — with Google Chrome or another browser if they want to.
When you’re living in the EU, you probably do not know how good that small enforcement is. In the UK, which is outside the EEA, Microsoft disabled that feature (thanks to all the Norberts who voted for Brexit).
Since the mechanism Windows uses to check this is entirely local, you can force the OS to behave like it is in an EU region.