It's such an absurd lie. If Microsoft's idea of security is to force its users to authenticate online for a local account, they should never be allowed in the software industry at all. They're needlessly and dramatically increasing the attack surface of one of the most security critical software running on user devices.
Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account
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#13In October when Windows 10 support ends it'll finally be the year of desktop linux.
Well, those that are on the Windows 10 IoT LTSC builds will enjoy updates until 2032.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows...
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#14Save us SteamOS
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#15In October when Windows 10 support ends it'll finally be the year of desktop linux.
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#16I give it a week before someone patches it.
I’m using LTSC. That’s fine. I suspect that’ll never require a Microsoft account.
Edit: come on EU. Step up here. Tell them they need to give the users choice.
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#17Windows is the first thing that gets deleted on a new PC.
An acquaintance of mine works for Microsoft. Every time I meet him, he always tells me how much money hey makes. I'm sure it's double of what I earn when I have a good year. A big part of me wants to earn that money, too. But an unwavering part of me knows, I could never work for Microsoft.
At this point it is not just bitterness from their anti-Linux, anti-FOSS FUD days:
http://web.archive.org/web/20010201090600/http://www.dot-lie...
It is knowing that I don't align with their philosophies, at all.
I can feel it every time I try to use one of their broken, unloved UIs.
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#18cough, https://massgrave.dev/genuine-installation-media cough
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#19According to the linked discussion, the underlying setting that the script set still exists, so this simply makes it less convenient. It should absolutely be taken as a warning sign, though. Seriously, if at this point you're installing Windows and relying on the existence of that setting, you should be seeking alternatives.
I've been saying the writing was on the wall for a long time. Any time someone says how easy it is to simply avoid MS account registration I've argued that it's not going to last much longer. Even Microsoft's current Storage Spaces Direct won't let you start a locally hosted Hyper-V VM without an Azure connection.
What if there's an outage or somewhere you don't have reliable internet?
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been saying the writing was on the wall for a long time. Any time someone says how easy it is to simply avoid MS account registration I've argued that it's not going to last much longer. Even Microsoft's current Storage Spaces Direct won't let you start a locally hosted Hyper-V VM without an Azure connection.
What if there's an outage or somewhere you don't have reliable internet?
Then this isn't the operating system for you.