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"You have to go out of your way (and probably do a web search) in order to figure out how to install Win 11 without using a Microsoft Account." You are not kid
by ShadowBanThis01 4y ago
"You have to go out of your way (and probably do a web search) in order to figure out how to install Win 11 without using a Microsoft Account."
You are not kidding. I bought my parents two computers and set them up from scratch, taking pains to create local user accounts (because they don't have Microsoft accounts). On one of them, I have no idea how, the sole user ID still managed to be a POS "Microsoft account" created with an arbitrary number of characters from my dad's E-mail ID or something.
The endless badgering to log in with a "Microsoft account" that nobody wants or needs is enough to make me not use Windows. It is beyond offensive at this point.
Dear Microsoft: NOBODY NEEDS ANOTHER "ACCOUNT." This offensive hounding, in combination with the fact that Windows is a disgraceful mess from form to function now, makes it an afterthought in my household. I'm a software developer, and I don't have a single installation of Windows running in my home (and office).
- Dalewyn 4y agoI have a Microsoft account (an ancient one even, anyone remember Hotmail?) I use everyday, but I refuse to use it with Windows 10/11. Why? Because I don't want sync. I treat each of my computers as separate, individual, unique machines. Synchronizing the data on them is fucking insane to me because I can't rely on a given machine to be the computer I expect it to be. And yes, I have separate Google accounts for my phone, tablet, etc., because I do not fucking want sync.
- ShadowBanThis01 4y agoYeah man. I have a Hotmail account I use as a spam-bucket, and that's it. For the sync I want, I tolerate iCloud. For everything else, I roll my own.
- the_overseer 4y agoMe and most people want sync though. That is why it's the default. And I hope it stays that way.