It really seems Microsoft is trying hard to push users to Linux (or other alternatives)
Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
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Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#12It's worth noting ChromeOS doesn't let you do that either, while MacOS doesn't require an iCloud account. iOS doesn't either, but is pushy about having an iCloud account. Don't know about Android.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#13I just recently had to reinstall it a second time because my first image didn't let me past the account registration. It specifically stated that an internet connection is required and there was no way around it. On a notebook where neither ethernet nor wlan worked out of the box btw, I had to install them manually. That wouldn't have been possible with the old install. While I had an adapter to enable networking jus…
There’s a way around it. It’s specifically made by MS. You invoke cmd with special shortcut and execute bat-file bundled in installer which adds one key to registry and restarts an installer.
I don’t know if it’s an officially supported way, but given the fact that MS put all the necessary scripts and implemented it, it can’t be a coincidence.
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#14Other than being able to gobble up user data and being able to associate it with a person (or at least an email address) and later sell that information, what is Microsoft reasoning for refusing local accounts?
This whole obsession with forcing users to create a Microsoft account is really weird. It may provides some features for certain types of users, but I really don't see any reason for forcing a Microsoft account. Apple also REALLY want you to have an Apple ID, but you don't have to.
I still fail to see why Microsoft doesn't go all in on privacy, do they really need the extra profit from advertising?
Microsoft doesn't give a shit about the desktop anymore and at this point they're also stopping to care about the business customers, unless they can move them to subscription based services in the cloud.
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#15I have a theory, which I have no way of backing up or testing at all, that the entire slump in the laptop segment is driven by the fact that Windows is just utterly user-hostile garbage, and there aren’t any alternatives really, other than MacOS, which is too tied to Apple.
Like any reasonable tech savvy person I use Linux of course, but I’d have trouble suggesting it… lots of people just don’t want to use the terminal at all.
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#16We've been moving our fleet to OSX, I am so tired of dealing with Windows and Microsoft in particular.
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#17So what would be a good laptop for Linux these days?
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#18It really seems Microsoft is trying hard to push users to Linux (or other alternatives)
It's amazing how they keep digging their own grave.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#19I have a theory, which I have no way of backing up or testing at all, that the entire slump in the laptop segment is driven by the fact that Windows is just utterly user-hostile garbage, and there aren’t any alternatives really, other than MacOS, which is too tied to Apple. Like any reasonable tech savvy person I use Linux of course, but I’d have trouble suggesting it… lots of people just don’t want to use the termin…
But do they know they don't have to use a terminal? You can use Linux Mint perfectly fine without ever opening a terminal, like MacOS. Seems like more of a reputation issue.
Re: Microsoft blocks Windows 11 workaround that enabled local accounts
#20I have a theory, which I have no way of backing up or testing at all, that the entire slump in the laptop segment is driven by the fact that Windows is just utterly user-hostile garbage, and there aren’t any alternatives really, other than MacOS, which is too tied to Apple. Like any reasonable tech savvy person I use Linux of course, but I’d have trouble suggesting it… lots of people just don’t want to use the termin…
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