Hey Microsoft, listen clearly...
GO
FUCK
YOURSELF
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2024
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If you do not want the Settings app to nag you with Microsoft Account prompts, go to Privacy > General and toggle off the "Show me suggested content in the Settings app" option.
My Settings panel should not have suggested content
That's like offering book recommendations at the BMV
I am here to do a single task and nothing more. I will not be enjoying my time here.
What's next? "Please rate the settings app on the Microsoft store"?
It's been more than a year since every decision Microsoft has made has gone against the consumer. What is the target ? Sinking the company ?
Where will the average consumer go? They can do this, because they are basically a monopoly.
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In a family and SOHO setting there is an easy way around it,even without alternative media creating tools and Win11:
Active directory. Yeah. Microsoft. But not really.
Samba can be used as an AD server for ages now, it's free,cheap and can run on a Pi or some NAS. These days it's fairly easy to set up as long as you only use it for Identification services and basic networking. And Microsoft won't bother you with their shit ever, as they don't dare to push corporate clients too much.
I can recommend it very much. There are also full GUI distributions available,e.g. univention.
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And this is the straw in which I will instruct Microsoft to suck shit through.
It's going to be funny to watch their Pikachu face reaction when this decision chases off a good chunk of their users.
The vast majority of users will click okay to any box that says "do this to keep using Windows"
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People said that about Netflix and their password crackdown… their profits went up.
We'll just have to wait and see, I guess. People didn't jump ship when Windows 8 became the norm (which didn't last long, thankfully), so I'm not expecting the needle to move much over a feature most users will never even know exists. A man can dream, though.
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The vast majority of users won't even notice.
Don't underestimate the power of nerds. Computer nerds influence tech purchasing decisions, both at home and on the job. The less tech savvy often ask "the computer person" what they recommend. Nerds have actually been astonishingly patient with MS, for decades. But the worse MS makes Windows, the less and less likely they're going to go with the default, "just buy Windows" answer.
I agree. I’m the guy who picks, buys, assembles, and installs the OS and programs for like everyone around me. I enjoy doing it, they enjoy getting awesome PCs for good prices.
My next build for them will absolutely not be Microsoft. The average person can get away with an iPad running iOS for their computing needs. So it’ll be a user friendly Linux distro going forward.
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How about I just ditch all acounts.
Microsoft urges me to use a different operating system
Windows 12 being in the cloud may probably not be too crazy. I'm betting most people won't care and just blindly create a microsoft account.
You mean it will be just like chromeOS or whatever that is called?
Maybe but it might have a full virtualized option where your local is just a client to stream the virtualized cloud env.
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The website forced to disable the ad blocker in order to see the content.
I complied and then the content was hidden in a sea of ads. Blocked again. Won't comply again on XDA.
Ad free link: https://archive.is/438FJ
Disable js in uBlock, no urging, no ads.
Huh, not getting that at all. Works just fine for me. Nevertheless, XDA really has gone downhill over time
Let alone the cookie notification is not following the rules. There is no deny/reject option
Standard sh*tty behavior from AdmiralAnti-Adblock. I usually either disable JavaScript, or enter Reader mode
I wish that company would cease to exist tbh