Microsoft is employing dark patterns to goad users into paying for storage?

Post by cromka » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 11:15 AM UTC

shmoogy wrote: post #124

cromka wrote: post #62

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I had same exact experience with macOS and iCloud. macOS by default enables offloading Documents to cloud, transparently. Problem is if you try to get those files back to store them offline, it gets very tricky very quickly with ambiguous verbiage and lengthy process that you never actually know status of. I ended up losing some files as a result, which came as a total shock to me. I was already in the process of mov…

This is very annoying, but there’s a right click and force keep downloaded that reflags the folder and all items within it.

Post by greazy » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 11:16 AM UTC

sakesun wrote: post #126

Not just storage expense. Recently I work extensively for a very large financial institute. They provide me with Windows terminal to work on the project. I initially expected to myself to work on a very institutional security constrained environment. Instead, the workspace keep popping up with annoying msn Ads inadvertently, out of any context. The default browser, Edge, was default to msn, which is full of more dist…

Post by subscribed » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 12:14 PM UTC

greazy wrote: post #203

sakesun wrote: post #126

Not just storage expense. Recently I work extensively for a very large financial institute. They provide me with Windows terminal to work on the project. I initially expected to myself to work on a very institutional security constrained environment. Instead, the workspace keep popping up with annoying msn Ads inadvertently, out of any context. The default browser, Edge, was default to msn, which is full of more dist…

I liked Win10, once you use ShutUp10 it was a solid OS minus a few annoyances. But Win11 is horrendous. Watching the right click menu dynamocally and slowly populate with "open with" options is jaring. Now add two right click menus is wild.

Post by futune » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 12:23 PM UTC

qwerpy wrote: post #166

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Is it really that much easier to fight Microsoft? Say what you will about tweaking settings in Linux but it lets you do just about whatever you want. And the settings changes are at least understood and documented. I’d hate to use an OS that you repeatedly have to fight with over its user hostile changes. Every time I boot Windows in a VM I’m reminded of how much harder Windows users have it because they can’t just d…

It's probably my last Windows. It's getting harder to undo the shenanigans each time they push out another update. The moment I can't undo it, I'll move to Linux. I'll learn FreeCad and use Onenote in a browser. I have a long backlog of games that I finally have time to play, and for now they all just work on Windows. They probably 95% just work on Linux too, but it's that 5% that gives me pause.

Post by subscribed » Fri, Apr 10, 2026, 12:38 PM UTC

duskdozer wrote: post #189

bsder wrote: post #38

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> maybe they just don't want to learn the alternatives. Or they use word/excel/powerpoint and have to interact with others who do also. If they're on Office 365, they could be on Linux.

Or winapps/cassowary/ I try to use libreoffice when possible but sometimes the performance takes a nosedive for opaque reasons when excel is ok