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No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by BiteCode_dev »

erikpukinskis wrote: post #129
nomilk wrote: post #94

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This work is 10x more effort than it sounds too due to how severely mistakes are penalised (i.e. unrecoverable files), necessitating extreme caution. When uploading 10k photos from macOS to Google Cloud using the Google Cloud macOS app, it said syncing had completed about 2 hours earlier than my back-of-the-envelope calculations predicted. "Great", I thought, but was still a bit suspicious, so just in case, before de…

I wish more software companies had a core value of “every user created bit is sacred.” Storage is cheap enough that this attitude is possible. But I guess keeping all of your designers aware of it across thousands of teams is too hard.

As usual, user are not making them paying the price for being badly treated. Software companies do this because they can get away with it, that's it.

Even on HN many people can't be arse to use Firefox, how could we expect anyone to avoid giants like Microsoft?

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by Viliam1234 »

quadrifoliate wrote: post #163
robin_reala wrote: post #49

I get absurdly annoyed at “Maybe later” buttons. No, go away, never come back, I’m genuinely not interested.

In my opinion, “Maybe Later” buttons are actually useful if implemented for the user's benefit . For example, maybe I do want to hear about OneDrive but I don't have time now. It's a reasonable middle ground between Yes and No. But the problem is that modern tech companies are using it as a dark pattern to completely eliminate the No option. Sadly, I think this just might need to be regulated out. I don't see any rea…

Exactly. I wouldn't mind having three options: "Yes", "Maybe Later", and "No". It's the missing third option that sucks.

Like in Android: Do you want to back up your photos to the cloud? "Yes" or "Maybe later" which means being asked every week. Also, the checkbox is selected by default, and if you close the dialog by accidentally clicking outside of it (maybe because you were already going to click on something else, and the dialog opened in the last millisecond) that by Google standards counts as consent.

Of course, turning on the backup of photos in clouds only requires a single click (or misclick), but turning it off requires following a long tutorial very carefully...

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by sys_64738 »

reddalo wrote: post #52
Podrod wrote: post #36

I used to use Windows Backup with One Drive years ago but it just really pissed me off, especially with how My Documents is handled. There was that time I discovered several GB of screenshots had been automatically saved to My Pictures from some setting they snuck into the printscreen screen grab tool and then that of course those were automatically uploaded to the cloud. After disabling the option it would sometimes…

I agree, nowadays Linux seems like the only reliable solution. Even macOS, with the latest "liquid glass" update, feels like a toy for kids. I just wish the Affinity suite would be available for Linux too.

Tahoe's saving grace is docker support which is superb now.

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by stefanka »

tombert wrote: post #123

I just want to rant a bit about Microsoft right now. A few weeks ago, Microsoft decided to auto-update my mom's computer to Windows 11, and delightfully the computer no longer booted. Even after a litany of different boot keystrokes and automatic repairs and attempted recoveries, it would not boot. I think it has something to do with the utter incompetence of the Windows automatic update process not correctly updatin…

After the upgrade (which I even don't remember allowing), I had double UEFI entries. Cost me nearly a day to be able to boot windows (and it works only from the Linux boot menu)

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by rs186 »

CrossVR wrote: post #40

Since no one mentioned how to actually dismiss the notification forever: OneDrive is treated as a normal app that is installed by default, you can actually just uninstall it through Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel.

Or turn off all OneDrive notifications as a less intrusive method. It has worked for me well enough so far.

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by stefanka »

izacus wrote: post #186
GeekyBear wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On MacOS, you still get local user accounts and Apple's optional online features are still optional. Microsoft is using all the levers at their disposal to force users to use online Microsoft accounts to log onto their local computer and even turn on formerly optional features like One Drive. My assumption is that Microsoft is using their access to user data to build up everyone's advertising profile, and forcing you…

Why is your assumption for Microsoft different from Apple?

Apple's main revenue is not from advertising but mostly from expensive hardware

Re: No I don't want to turn on Windows Backup with One Drive

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Post by bee_rider »

dapperdrake wrote: post #172
bee_rider wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Open Source ecosystem is a bit weird in that your system can be as reliable or not as you want, depending on what projects you follow. It really truly is a mixed bag in the sense that you can actually have a solid setup if you are happy with it being boring.

Incidentally, most people seem to want their computer to be the good kind of boring. Especially non-tech people. Look at how popular Ubuntu VMs are with research chemists. And successful chemists tend to be highly technical.

I’m not sure what the good kind of boring is, if we could define it, it might be tautologically true that that’s the thing people want.

> Look at how popular Ubuntu VMs are with research chemists.

Are they? I actually have no idea.

> And successful chemists tend to be highly technical.

But not necessarily in any IT sense. STEM skills are very specific.

Sorry, it looks like I’m just being petulant and saying “I’m not sure” about your every sentence, haha, that wasn’t my intent but it is what I ended up doing I guess.

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