I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC
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I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC
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#2This requirement just does not make sense to me. Why would Microsoft even have this requirement? Do they want to force users into an account so it is easier to lead them into Office packages? It can't be for greater data profiles on users since they could do this in other less explicit ways. Microsoft just doesn't have the ecosystem like Apple to make this worthwhile from their point of view or the users.
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#3hopefully shady practices like this will drive more and more people to the light side of free OSs :)
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#4I don't really get the selective targeted hate.
I don't like this move either but you need an account to use a Mac, iPhone or Android and nobody seems to fuss about it.
So why only target Microsoft for doing what their competitors have been doing for a along time and why not protest against Apple and Google for making this practice the norm in the first place through their monopoly in the mobile space?
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#5I don't really get the selective targeted hate. I don't like this move either but you need an account to use a Mac, iPhone or Android and nobody seems to fuss about it. So why only target Microsoft for doing what their competitors have been doing for a along time and why not protest against Apple and Google for making this practice the norm in the first place through their monopoly in the mobile space?
Actually, you don't need an iCloud account to use a mac. Neither do you in order to use an iPhone.
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#6This is really a dealbreaker for me, much more than the TPM and recent processor stuff. There must be some workaround :(
Edit: Thanks @yourusername, I had missed the part where it's only for the home edition. I'm glad there is still a way.
Re: I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC
#7I don't really get the selective targeted hate. I don't like this move either but you need an account to use a Mac, iPhone or Android and nobody seems to fuss about it. So why only target Microsoft for doing what their competitors have been doing for a along time and why not protest against Apple and Google for making this practice the norm in the first place through their monopoly in the mobile space?
Nope, you don't need an account to use a Mac. You can set it up just fine without one. My Mac doesn't have any Apple ID.
You can use Android without an account too. I have it set up that way on my phone, I use F-Droid and Aurora Store (in anonymous mode). I previously used MicroG which was amazing but I moved back to OxygenOS for other reasons. But even with full Play Services installed you can use them (and push notifications) without a Google account. It significantly cuts down on tracking doing that.
Android pushes a Google account heavily but it's not mandatory. You can't use paid apps then but the only paid Android apps I use (Nine Email and Cryptomator) provide a way to pay them directly and sideload it, using a license key. For which I thank them! It also shows that I'm not the only one wanting this, as they clearly see value in offering this option.
Only with iOS it's difficult as Apple is so difficult about sideloading. I don't use iOS as a result (except for work but only for testing).
And yes I protest against these practices.
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#8This is really a dealbreaker for me, much more than the TPM and recent processor stuff. There must be some workaround :( Edit: Thanks @yourusername, I had missed the part where it's only for the home edition. I'm glad there is still a way.
The workaround is to use Linux :)
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#9Sounds like Apple, computing appliances for grandmas.
Re: I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC
#10I don't really get the selective targeted hate. I don't like this move either but you need an account to use a Mac, iPhone or Android and nobody seems to fuss about it. So why only target Microsoft for doing what their competitors have been doing for a along time and why not protest against Apple and Google for making this practice the norm in the first place through their monopoly in the mobile space?
You don't need an account to use a Mac or iPhone. You need an account to use App Store (duh), but you don't need to use the App Store, especially on Mac, where applications are mainly installed without using the App Store.