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Microsoft accidentally lists the benefits of not using a Microsoft account on Windows 11 (www.windowscentral.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Microsoft inadvertently highlighted the benefits of using a local account over a Microsoft account on Windows 11 in a recent support page update.
Using a local account allows for offline sign-in, is independent of cloud services, and limits settings, files, and applications to a single device, enhancing privacy.
Despite these benefits, Microsoft requires internet access or workarounds for the initial setup of Windows 11, making it challenging to use a local account from the start.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Here are the main reasons listed by Microsoft:

A local account is created on the device and doesn't require Internet connectivity to sign in. It's independent of other services, and it's not connected to the cloud. Your settings, files, and applications are limited to that single device

A Microsoft account, on the other hand, is associated to an email address and password that you use with Outlook.com, Hotmail, Office, OneDrive, Skype, Xbox, and Windows. When you sign in to your PC with a Microsoft account, you’re connected to a Microsoft cloud service, and your settings and files can sync across various devices. You can also use it to access other Microsoft services

It’s apparently not introducing the “benefits”.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

"We'll force you to reuse the same username and password for these different functions!"

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just don't use windows. Noones forcing u to use that thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Darn Noone, I wish they'd just mind their own business

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The OEMs do...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Then buy a laptop with Linux preinstalled! The popular OEM usually only offer windows laptops but with a simple google search u can find some Linux laptops and nothing is stopping you from installing Linux on that windows laptop. (Are they starting to oem lock like some androids?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's what I've been doing, but most people would be stuck with whatever got force-fed to them because they don't know any better.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

People on this post, using Lemmy, already prefer an open decentralised system instead of reddit, controlled by a single company whose aim is profits, and thus, most should also know about windows priorities on marketing and money over user experience and privacy and would choose open source Linux/BSDs etc

[–] [email protected] 26 points 5 months ago

I frankly wouldn't care at all had MS not truncate your home folder to 5 characters when using a Ms account and also didn't make using remote desktop impossible when enabling a passwordless account.

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