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Comment on Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why

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.

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SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨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.

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- Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  That data isn’t the problem. It’s the backed up folders that’s the problem.
  
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underisk@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨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.

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- Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  During user profile creation she accepted that option.
  
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  - underisk@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    She doesn’t know what she accepted man, that’s the fucking point.
    
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    Brkdncr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    Shouldn’t know how to cancel/disable onedrive either then and doesn’t need to worry about this fear mongering article.
    
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