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I will be this old man for the rest of my life (media.piefed.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

It's not that easy. Because that shit comes back, usually with the next update.

I've prepared windows machines in a B2B IT support firm for our customers. Over very few years it became very quickly progressively harder to install windows without a network connection, set up local user accounts, debloat everything, etc.
We even had customer's employees paying us money to untangle their private machines from that MS BS, and it took us a few hours per device.
And don't get me started on "I saved a file to OneDrive but can't find it there". That happened often and wasn't always user error (like, 50/50)

Also, let's be real here. This is not a problem for the vast vast majority of users.

Yes it is. Whether they realize it or just think it would be more of a hassle to solve it and instead just roll with it is another thing.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Listen. You can say what you want.

    But when the simple solution to avoid saving to the cloud and using a local save. Is the exact same method one would use anyway, without OneDrive.

    You can forgive me for not seeing what all the fuss is about.

    Yes it is. Whether they realize it or just think it would be more of a hassle to solve it and instead just roll with it is another thing.

    See. Now you're speaking for others. And it clearly ain't a problem or they would be fixing it.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    You can say what you want.

    Apparently, because you do not seem to process what I'm actually saying and keep ripping single issues out of context so you can downplay the whole problem.

    One last try, directly delivered to your door, if you don't get it this time I'll stop wasting my time.
    OneDrive being the default save locationnis just a small symptom of the problem that Microsoft wants you to totally submit to cloud- and subscription-based computing. You are not to own your system anymore, it is just rented, MS does not want you to operate on the local level. The customer is losing control over a system they are more and more depending on in a more and more digitalized world. And it's not that it is just an option like where you save a file. It gets harder and harder to use a Windows PC without subscription services. You cannot even set up local users without some workaround most users are not educated enough to even find a tutorial for or realize why it is a problem.
    See what the fuss is about now?

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