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

• sfjvvssss@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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  • roserose56@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This

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    • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    As if windows does not send telemetry

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    • sfjvvssss@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Telemetry ≠ Uploading whole documents

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      • vivalapivo@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Comes from a person who hasn’t written telemetry. It’s either useless or contains private information

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    • humanamerican@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t use Windows either.

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  • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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    • Jax@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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      • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I think I accidentally posted that on the wrong comment. My bad.

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• shneancy@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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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      • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There are only two possibilities here: either they were trying to access these files offline on a different device, or they had their storage completely full.

        In the latter case OneDrive will kick out the oldest files to Online Only, so that you still have space to save newer stuff locally.

        Oh, I guess there’s a third option - they were using some obscure third party cloud storage. Something that’s not Filen, OneDrive or DropBox.

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  • TheProtagonist@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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    • Alaknar@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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