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favicon.ico is outdated and obsolete relic from the 90s. Browsers for the past 2decades have supported png favicons. Additionally, while it's fairly easy now to generate a favicon.ico, it's just not needed or used anymore.

There's no reason imo to include favicon.ico, even for "compatibility". Removing the favicon.ico will also remove the entries needed in angular.json and remove the only asset stored outside of src/assets.

It should be replaced in favor of modern favicon methods. PWAs should use manifest.json

  <link rel=icon href="assets/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16" type="image/png">
  <link rel=icon href="assets/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32" type="image/png">
  <link rel=icon href="assets/favicon.svg" sizes="any" type="image/svg+xml"> 

Note: svg doesn't have full browser support.

We haven't needed favicon.ico in years, but it's still widely used and implemented, even though all browsers support modern methods.