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Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by themafia »

h4kunamata wrote: post #11

Yet they use it, they do not really care, they even install Windows games that requires kernel level spyware read anti-cheat. There are Linux distros that are newbie friendly and looks like Windows. An end user that does not depend on Adobe, if you are still using that for whatever reason, they have no excuse to don't move to Linux distro OS.

> they do not really care

What would their choice be anyways? It's like saying "yet people still die, they do not really care, they even engage in activities which hasten their deaths!"

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by themafia »

tredre3 wrote: post #35
jmclnx wrote: post #3

If only Windows users fully understood why M/S wants you to create an account, people would leave en-masse. The ID along with their telemetry, M/S can map you to what you do and from where. That pretty much makes their builtin disk encryption useless.

> That pretty much makes their builtin disk encryption useless. Does the encryption keep the user's data safe if the device is lost or stolen? Yes? Then it fulfills its main purpose.

Non technical users still write down their passwords. So: no.

Do technical users have the option to install something better? Yes? Then this has no purpose.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by bleh »

password4321 wrote: post #34

I was in a hurry trying to log into my kid's Minecraft account, wound up clicking something to associate it with the Windows account... now the PC is in restricted mode and I'm having a hard time restoring the previously associated Microsoft account (among other things, have to ask permission to open the browser and approve the requests logging in on my phone)! Everything online says to use the option to switch to a…

Good luck. I lost access to 3 of my 5 Minecraft licenses due to Microsoft login, and I’ll never forgive Microsoft for it.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by Cider9986 »

wincy wrote: post #28
Neywiny wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

^^^^^ https://xkcd.com/2501/ Just like how Linus from LTT (just trust me bro on the source) said one day he needed a tool (hammer?) so he walked into the hardware store, found what looked like a hammer, and bought it. End of journey. And then he finally realized how a regular person buys tech. Most people do not care, do not know they should care, and do not care enough to know if they should care enough.

Yeah but they could have gotten a Makita XWT15Z 18V LXT Lithium Ion Brushless Cordless Impact Hammer instead? (This is like my niece buying a $5000 Alienware to play Roblox because she thinks she “needs a gaming PC”)

At least she can play Minecraft with shaders.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by Agentlien »

esalman wrote: post #44

I have used a Windows OS almost every day of my life since 1999 or so. Last December I had a choice and switched to MacOS for work laptop. Since then I seldom use Windows and I don't really regret. I still use an Xbox almost every day so there's that. In the last couple of weeks there's been some good news coming through for Xbox so we'll see.

What news are you referring to? The only news about Xbox I've caught is that it's declining in profit because they removed Xbox exclusives.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by stodor89 »

jmclnx wrote: post #3

If only Windows users fully understood why M/S wants you to create an account, people would leave en-masse. The ID along with their telemetry, M/S can map you to what you do and from where. That pretty much makes their builtin disk encryption useless.

Windows users don't care. The MS account is some set-and-forget BS for the most part.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by yndoendo »

bigyabai wrote: post #37
Cider9986 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People don't know about the stuff you're describing. They use the OS that comes with their PC or is the one everyone else uses.

Ignorance isn't a good excuse. If you do backbreaking work in the worst shoes and complain about your foot hurting, you might want to start shoe shopping.

Shoe shopping and learning about new / different technology are not equivalent.

Shoes have a near uniform interface that is easily learned by parents or trial and error. Loading an alternative OS is foreign to most people.

People learn from others the best. Teaching others is the only means for them to realize there are better solutions than sticking with techo-fascist Microsoft.

I'm say this as someone that grew up on MS-DOS and used Windows OS up to Windows 7. After personal exploration, other OSes actually are easier and more stable. You now have to pay me to use Windows OS.

Microsoft is the baddy.

Re: Windows 11 users are tired of MS account requirements creeping into everything

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Post by protocolture »

mulquin wrote: post #47
protocolture wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Doesn't that make the account requirement even more scary? So now if MS decides for some reason to lock my account, this will make even the data I have on my local disks inaccessible as well? Depends. The average user would be more afraid if its not backed up online.

I'm not sure there's anything I dislike more than "the average user" because so much good software has been destroyed because of it.

I mean thats absolutely a take. Sometimes I like to think about how great a network I could build if I didnt have to service any customers.
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