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I object mostly to Microsoft's pushiness. At every turn, they're trying to nudge/coerce the user to do this and to do that. Example: "You should make a Microso
by ryandrake 1y ago
I object mostly to Microsoft's pushiness. At every turn, they're trying to nudge/coerce the user to do this and to do that.
Example: "You should make a Microsoft account!" -> "You really need to make a Microsoft account." -> "Here's a full-screen Window begging you to make a Microsoft account, with a tiny skip button." -> "Here's a full-screen Window demanding you to make a Microsoft account, and if you want to skip it, you need to reboot and do this without a network connection." -> "You're going to make a Microsoft account if you want to use your computer. Just do it, asshole. (command line workaround)" -> "OK, fuckface, we tried the easy way, now we punish you with the hard way. Make that fucking Microsoft account whether you want it or not. I'm not fucking around anymore. YOU HAVE TO DO IT."
You can see this progression with basically all of their unwanted features.
- notimetorelax 1y agoDon’t Apple and Google require their respective accounts for their platforms and hardware? How is this different?
- exitb 1y agoApple does not require it, although in case of iOS, having one for AppStore is the only way of installing apps.
- jeroenhd 1y agoMy experience with alternatives (macOS, ChromeOS) isn't that different once you get past the setup screen. The privacy implications of an Apple account are much smaller than those of a Microsoft account, though. It's a shame, really. Windows 11 has a whole bunch of nice-to-haves for development and gaming. They have one side making consistent improvements while the other makes the ecosystem as bad as they can.