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First I’m hearing of this, but I’m unsurprised given how it’s basically impossible to install windows without creating a Microsoft account. I really respect Mi
by hsbauauvhabzb 4y ago
First I’m hearing of this, but I’m unsurprised given how it’s basically impossible to install windows without creating a Microsoft account.
I really respect Microsoft core engineers, but wish they’d revolt and quit over the team focused on driving profits via toxic behaviours like online account requirements, and embedding one drive into everything. I even get spam emails *from* Microsoft on newly created corporate o365 accounts, like what the actual fuck is wrong with them to think that’s okay?
- andix 4y agoI think their strategy makes a lot of sense. If you want to live off the grid, you can use Linux. Since everything is now a web app (also Microsoft products), that’s easier then ever.
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoSpoken like a true Microsoft marketing department employee two cups deep into the koolaid arrogant enough to think the only two roads are ‘my way or the highway’
- tracker1 4y agoFor your average home user, it's probably the better option, even if I as an individual don't like it at all. Not every person's specific needs/wants are the same. I've had encrypted Linux volumes become inaccessible because of a changed password when I wasn't able to come back to that system for a few days after and frankly forgot the specific combination of words used. Luckily I did have backups... but it could have been worse. A mom losing all the baby footage of their child because of lost/broken/damaged encryption is not a pleasant thing to explain to someone.
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoI’m unsure how that relates to the above comments about Microsoft pushing products and services via dark patterns. Are you employed by Microsoft, or have any professional association with the company?
- tracker1 4y agoNo... I'm using Linux on my desktop, and a Macbook Air M1 for my personal laptop. But funny that you would assume so.
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoYou didn’t even remotely answer the question.
- tracker1 4y agoWhich part of "No" are you falling to understand.
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoThe part where you ignored my question and instead rambled about which operating system you use.
- tracker1 4y agoI didn't ignore your question... try reading slower... "No..." right at the front of my replay.
- salawat 4y agoHorse hockey. Stop buying into the perception that your computer, and the data on it belongs to the OS author, or the author of the software that is running on it. It does not. It belongs to you. The person who bought it. It is yours to shove bits through as you please. The industry is just incessant on reserving that level of control over everyone's systems for themselves, and trying to convince you, that no, they really know best, and you should pay them and hand them your data. They'll swear up and down that isn't what they are doing, but their actions say otherwise.
- salawat 4y agoYou can force the installer to let you make a local account by killing your Internet connectivity (Airplane mode, toggle wifi adapter off with hardware cutout, or last resort, drop the network if the machine in question is one of those absolutely terrible) laptops without hardware kill switches.) ...That you have to go to such lengths to do so is a thing worthy of ridicule.
- hsbauauvhabzb 4y agoFor now. You also have to go to great lengths to remove one drive on both desktop and 0365. The amount of times I’ve accidentally uploaded data to one drive cloud tenancies I do not own is insane. If I trigger a data breach, I’ll blame the Microsoft UI.