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

Post by etdznots » Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 7:19 AM UTC

_carbyau_ wrote: post #142

xigoi wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If your game is on Steam and does not use creepy “anticheat” software, you can probably just play it on Linux.

I have that one linux friend who is always recompiling shaders every game update. It's only 5 minutes, but's it's every game update which can be lot. I'm waiting for that to go away before I consider the jump. I figure there'll be enough people sick of that behaviour it'll get sorted.

Post by PeterStuer » Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 7:22 AM UTC

left-struck wrote: post #167

madduci wrote: post #86

Windows has reached the point where it deserves only to run in a virtual machine for some needs. Otherwise leave it behind and move on to Linux, BSD or whatever doesn't require a cloud account to work

Oh man, unfortunately all the things I need windows for doesn’t work well in a VM: Solidworks, needs special license to work in a VM that my company is not willing to pay for DAWs, need real time access to low level audio stuff Games, well, lets just say the experience is better with wine on linux With the exception of work, at some point I decided that not only is windows dead to me, but any application that can onl…

Post by Freak_NL » Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 7:23 AM UTC

chadaustin wrote: post #57

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…

God, that's the worst. Minecraft is also what led us to accidentally bind my child's account to the administrator account on my TV PC, and because he's a minor we can't actually unbind that account. I've tried for hours and have not succeeded. "Just make a new account." It's possible but then we'd have to make sure we get every single saved game for all the various games moved over and ugh.

Post by pndy » Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 7:30 AM UTC

protocolture wrote: post #43

xg15 wrote: post #6

> "To avoid the next problem: 'Microsoft locked my data behind bitlocker, and now I can't get it back.' they need to store that key on the MS account." 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?

>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.

Post by LtWorf » Mon, Jun 15, 2026, 7:33 AM UTC

cm2187 wrote: post #119

I enjoy windows 10 hugely now that it is out of support. It became way better when microsoft started tormenting the users of win11 instead of win10, and now that windows update doesn't bring new catastrophes and unexpected reboot, the OS is finally not interfering with usage anymore.