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Microsoft has been pushing hard for its users to sign into Windows with a Microsoft Account. The newest Windows 11 installer removed the easy bypass to the requirement that you make an account or login with your existing account. If you didn't install Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account and now want to stop sending the company your data, you can still switch to a local account after the fact. Microsoft even had instructions on how to do this on its official support website - or at least it used to...

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[–] [email protected] 108 points 9 months ago (19 children)

Microsoft has become such a bizarre company. On the one hand, it's trying to be super developer-friendly, with tools like Typescript, VS Code, and DotNet Core being easy to use and multi-platform. On the other hand, they seem hell-bent on making Windows itself - their bread-and-butter offering - as hard to use and annoying as possible.

It just doesn't make any sense.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"Why won't our human assets appreciate being exploited? Creating a worldwide, distributed surveillance network is hard work!"

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[–] [email protected] 116 points 9 months ago (4 children)

"Welcome to GoogleWindows. Please lick the screen so we can have your DNA to track you globally. Your 30 minutes of ads will begin shortly while we install our spyware on your device. Thank you from the MicrosoftAlphabet Family."

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

❌▫️➖

🔔Please ~~allow us~~ wait patiently as we fuck your wife pending verification of your identity and biometrics followed by approval of your aggregated digital activities

✅ | ❇️

Noo?! | Yesss


—Microsoft

[–] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago (2 children)

As if they would ask permission.

We'll be fucking your wife now while we install features on your computer that you didn't ask for. If you'd like to be notified when we're done, please go fuck yourself.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Windows is such a good name for what they are and do

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 9 months ago (1 children)

For privacy reason. local account is the best

[–] [email protected] 112 points 9 months ago

For privacy reasons, not using Windows is best.

[–] [email protected] 179 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Where's the fucking anti trust lawsuit US GOV

[–] [email protected] 122 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Also where the fuck is the EU at on this? Having to jump through hoops to use my windows pc is bothersome.

Yes, I'm also a Linux user, no, I don't use Arch.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It just doesn't work for my use. I can't keep up with it since my linux machine is used sporadically, and I prefer something more stable. I did like the experience when I tried it though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Nix installs packages independently of what's been installed, so you'll get the exact same result if you skip 0 updates or 500.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I was just kidding about the "I use Arch, BTW" meme ;-)

[–] [email protected] 22 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Totally got that, but I like to talk about not using Arch btw

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Oh no we’ve gone full circle

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)
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