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I think there's a simple explanation here which is a lot less exciting than you suggest. Namely that Microsoft is pushing Office online to better compete with G

I think there's a simple explanation here which is a lot less exciting than you suggest. Namely that Microsoft is pushing Office online to better compete with Google's offerings. Similarly, they're pushing use of a Microsoft account mainly for the convenience this offers to non-technical users with things like synced settings and automatically backed up documents. They continue to offer options to use a local account for those that want it and I really see no problem with pushing an account as the default option for the majority of users. No one complains that Apple pushes iCloud accounts on people.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y ago
> Similarly, they're pushing use of a Microsoft account mainly for the convenience this offers to non-technical users with things like synced settings and automatically backed up documents. This doesn't jive with the progression of their efforts to hide the option away. At first it was a small text link on that portion of the install screen, then it was that link plus another, now it looks like this [0]. [0] https://www.howtogeek.com/442609/confirmed-windows-10-setup-now-prevents-local-account-creation/ https://www.howtogeek.com/442609/confirmed-windows-10-setup-...
JohnFen 7y ago
> They continue to offer options to use a local account for those that want it But they're doing an excellent job of hiding that option. Over the last month, three people I know were unable to find it without help.