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I simply don't trust Microsoft not to push an update later that forces people with local only accounts to convert them to Microsoft accounts.
by wlll 3y ago
I simply don't trust Microsoft not to push an update later that forces people with local only accounts to convert them to Microsoft accounts.
- dudul 3y agoThey try that once in a while on my local insta of Windws 10. I just unplug the RJ45 and click next. It spins for 10 seconds and then say "you're done". It happens maybe 2 or 3 times a year, they try to force an online account and an upgrade to W11. Maybe one day they'll be more forceful, but even these bozos have to allow for offline mode right? Right? ...
- add-sub-mul-div 3y agoSadly I think you're right. It's inevitable that everything continues to move in this direction. A generation of Steam and Netflix popularity have trained people away from thinking of software or media as something they can own and control. Every year the idea gets further normalized and the end result will be low enough objection to an online-only OS that it becomes the only option.
- cma 3y agoStill shocked that the Steam client had to be running to use the trackpads on the Steam Deck when in desktop mode (since fixed). Not sure how great it is for desktop Linux to win with a fixed system image and Steam Client acting as Google Play Services, that's getting back to an Android model. But at least you can flash whatever you want on it and it doesn't have a locked bootloader, though they make it WAY harder to dual boot SteamOS than Microsoft does.
- rchaud 3y agoThat's literally what happened in 2015 when I said OK to the Windows prompt to upgrade the OS from Win8 to Win10. After it downloaded and installed, I coupd not log into machine with the local admin account I had. I had to create a Microsoft account, and only then could I re-enable local accounts. I was done with Windows after that. Crap like this was unthinkable before the "everything should be a SaaS" cargo cult era arrived.