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Microsoft: forces OneDrive on users via dark pattern dialogs that many users just accept Users: save files "on their PC" (they think) Microsoft: Rolls out AI
by leakycap 1y ago
Microsoft: forces OneDrive on users via dark pattern dialogs that many users just accept
Users: save files "on their PC" (they think)
Microsoft: Rolls out AI photo-scanning feature to unknowing users intending to learn something.
Users: WTF? And there are rules on turning it on and off?
Microsoft: We have nothing more to share at this time.
Favorite quote from the article:
> [Microsoft's publicist chose not to answer this question.]
- netsharc 1y agoTell them "you may only refuse to answer this question 3 times a year".
- j45 1y agoIt's totally worth self hosting files, it's gotten much better.
- hshdhdhehd 1y agoAlmost feel like we are getting to class action or antitrust when you connect the dots. Almost all PCs come with Windows. Defacto you need to create a M$ account to use Windows locally. They opt you into one drive by default. They sync your docs by default. They upload all your photos into AI by default.
- queuebert 1y agoYou can use Windows without a Microsoft account, but the dark pattern to do this is very difficult to navigate.
- leakycap 1y agoSounds like this advice will be expiring along with the next Windows update, so if you want a local account your window of opportunity may be closing. (What happens when you need to get a new PC?)
- kevin_b_er 1y agoBy "class action" I presume you're referring to the US. If so, no, the courts of law are forbidden to you. You will instead go to a secret tribunal where the laws do not matter. The arbiter will only continue to be paid if they continue to rule for corporations. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement#15_bindingArbitration https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/servicesagreement#15_binding...
- account42 1y agoNot everything that a company lawyer writes in text is actually legally binding.