Comment on Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward

roserose56@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• jim3692@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Auto save on cloud sucks.

  Depends on the cloud. I like my files being automatically backed up to my private Nextcloud server.

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  • roserose56@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    I understand, everyone has different options on this! I prefer to choose what stays local and what on cloud.

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• Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Auto save on cloud sucks

  Why?

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  • sfjvvssss@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Because I do not want Microsoft to have access to all my documents.

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    • roserose56@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This

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      • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        That’s not how cloud save works!

        The files are saved to local storage that then gets sync’d up to the Cloud. The files are available both on- and offline.

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    • vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      As if windows does not send telemetry

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      • sfjvvssss@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Telemetry ≠ Uploading whole documents

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      • humanamerican@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Don’t use Windows either.

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    • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      “Access” as in: have anything to do with them? Then why tf are you using Word on Windows?

      “Access” as in: be able to read them? That would be super illegal for them to do and the easiest class action lawsuit win in history. EU fines would eat them alive.

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    • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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      • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Because I do not want Microsoft to have access to all my documents.

        That’s not how cloud save works! …

        You need to explain why you think the second statement refutes the first.

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  • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    because your phone/laptop doesn’t have a global wi-fi connection, and you might want to open a document pause for dramatic effect outside of your home or work!

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    • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’ve yet to see a cloud storage solution that doesn’t have offline-storage.

      Like… WTF is going on? This is the Technology community, and yet you people come here and comment like you’ve only dealt with computers in the 90s…

      The file is saved locally, then - as soon as there’s a network connection - gets uploaded to the Cloud and remains in both locations. You can access it from both “ends” - if you edit it in the Cloud or on a different device, the changes get sync’d down, etc.

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      • shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        i’ve seen my friends who never changed a setting in their life struggle with not being able to access their files when their internet died. how default settings work i do not know exactly myself, i don’t use cloud saving

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    • TheProtagonist@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Depending on your setup, you will always have an offline copy, too.

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      • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I have never seen a setup where that’s not the case.

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