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[Divine_Barakah]

Just a correction: it’s Wintoys, not MS PowerToys.

Hot Take Thread 'Wintoys Offers the Digital Markets Act for EU on Windows 11 for Any User'

Jun 7, 2025

Wintoys added a feature in the latest release that implement the latest updates to windows for the digital market act, so users outside EU can get this feature:

added Digital Markets Act option under Tweaks > System; unlocks exclusive features for EEA (European Economic Area), such as being able to uninstall Edge, but only by launching the uninstaller from a Microsoft signed process like Control Panel or the Settings app; this option does not change your region settings, but Microsoft made it work only with country codes, not region codes; for example, if you live in Bahrain...

• lokamoka820
• Replies: 24
• Forum: Windows 11

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I liked the PowerToys name more

 

[lokamoka820]

why

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It depends on the end user; some might like it, while others won't. Personally, I dislike that both Snaps and Flatpaks often fail to respect system theming, after all, Linux is about customization! However, if you’re happy with Ubuntu’s default theme, which is beautiful in my opinion, you won’t have any issues.

 

[Divine_Barakah]

It depends on the end user; some might like it, while others won't. Personally, I dislike that both Snaps and Flatpaks often fail to respect system theming, after all, Linux is about customization! However, if you’re happy with Ubuntu’s default theme, which is beautiful in my opinion, you won’t have any issues.

It is not about customisation for me. First both Snap and flatpak occupy storage and instead of downloading a 100 Mb .deb installer, you end up downloading 500-800 MBs. Let's not forget about the increase in ram consumption, especially by snap