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The uninstall on a Mac just leaves a ton of garbage behind though. Dragging an app to the trashcan to uninstall is somewhat intuitive, but doesn't remove the app from startup. Which is a bit messy because then I need to install software to clean that up.
Windows isn't necessarily a lot better on that front, but it feels better ( the cleanup part )
AFAIK if an app was installed by dragging it to Applications, there's no way it could still run after you delete it. The actual executable is contained within the .app file.
It is true that uninstalled apps can leave files behind in other places though. Which is a problem on all platforms.
Yes. It's not running anymore. But the entry lingered in the startup section ( for whatever reason ).
I've also had a case where starting my Mac gave me "file cannot be found" notification, and that was also related to software that was removed. Running a cleanup tool removed entries I couldn't remove myself (ui) and the error disappeared.