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Microsoft apparently removing ‘Offline Accounts’ for international Windows users

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Re: Microsoft apparently removing ‘Offline Accounts’ for international Windows users

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> So to answer your question, I draw the line at opt-out functionality. Great! So any idea how you can opt out? Last time I've seen one of these "suggestions" was one or two weeks ago, when I ended up with a big red "Still using Firefox? The new Edge version is here" entry in the Start menu.

Settings > Personalization > Start and set the “Occasionally show suggestions in Start” setting to “Off”

Fair enough, that one comes through the suggestions channel., which is opt-out

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I don't use Apple or Google services.

So using a feature phone.

Flip phone. I don't believe in trading my privacy for convenience, much less being coerced into doing so by Microsoft or any other corporation.

Re: Microsoft apparently removing ‘Offline Accounts’ for international Windows users

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Settings > Personalization > Start and set the “Occasionally show suggestions in Start” setting to “Off”

Fair enough, that one comes through the suggestions channel., which is opt-out

The commitment to FUD and aversion to googling stuff was impressive, I have to admit.

Re: Microsoft apparently removing ‘Offline Accounts’ for international Windows users

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Fair enough, that one comes through the suggestions channel., which is opt-out

The commitment to FUD and aversion to googling stuff was impressive, I have to admit.

What FUD? And what aversion to "googling stuff"? The Start Menu Personalization is only one of the ad delivery channels, and only one about which I (literally) forgot.

Do you still mean to say that there are no ads on a legitimately-purchased Windows 10 copy, after literally writing that you, yourself, have seen at least one?

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Ok sure they call it "telemetry". It still sends the keys I press to some remote server for "analysis". What difference does the name make?

It sends the keys you type in Cortana search, AFAIK. Thinking it logs all your keys is another kind of tinfoil hat crazy.

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