Comment on Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why
underisk@lemmy.ml 10 hours agoIf the people in question were choosing to use OneDrive in the first place, I might agree with you. Since MS is forcing this crap on everyone it’s their fault when people lose data to it.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Last time I set up a user account onedrive was not forced. It’s suggested and you had to click a few buttons to turn it on.
I wonder if other apps that do cloud offload work in the same way: disable service and you lose cloud-sync’d content unless you downloaded it ahead of time.
I’m also curious if onedrive prompts you to save/downlod your data first.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
When I went to save a file on my work laptop, it always tried to default to ScumDrive. I had to tell it to save it locally.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
That data isn’t the problem. It’s the backed up folders that’s the problem.
underisk@lemmy.ml 8 hours ago
My sister’s brand new Windows 11 laptop came with the user data folders replaced by OneDrive and I very seriously doubt she did that intentionally.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
During user profile creation she accepted that option.
underisk@lemmy.ml 3 hours ago
She doesn’t know what she accepted man, that’s the fucking point.