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> Anyone who works at Microsoft brave enough to comment...? What would they even say? "Yeah, we think our users are stupid and we don't respect them, so we us
by donmcronald 4y ago
> Anyone who works at Microsoft brave enough to comment...?
What would they even say? "Yeah, we think our users are stupid and we don't respect them, so we use dark patterns to dupe the suckers into giving us PII and $$."? It's intentional deceit by Microsoft IMO.
It's the same thing with OneDrive. If you don't set up OneDrive you get nagged by the "security" center that your files are at risk because they're not "backed up". However, OneDrive isn't a backup. It's sync and, if you factor in files-on-demand, can end up being the only copy of users' files. I wouldn't consider the only copy of my files a "backup", but most users don't understand, so Microsoft is happy to stretch the truth (aka lie) to get people using OneDrive so they can convert them into subscribers.
- ok_dad 4y agoCloud storage is a de-facto backup for 95% of computer users. Most of them have a versioning system or time-travel system to see old versions for a few weeks or a year. I used OneDrive for a while and they also have a nice system for detecting encryption malware, and will notify you if it detects that a ton of regular files were deleted and then a bunch of new encrypted files were added. It's not the worst service in the world, and it does act as an effective backup for most cases for most users, especially considering that it takes no time at all to setup. A super reliable backup system is a hard thing to keep up with for most people, and you can't usually just set it and forget it like you can with cloud storage.
- donmcronald 4y agoIt’s ok if it’s secondary storage / sync, but with files on demand you lose everything if Microsoft bans you and most users don’t understand the risk. Microsoft is encouraging them to do something risky and using the security center to do so.