By using Windows, you probably already opted in to these things from accepting their EULA. It’s a shitty practice, but it’s well within their purview.
Why should I waste hard drive space that I paid for to store a component that I neither require nor utilize? If I’m already on a machine that is pretty close to my drive limitations (and I am), why should I simply accept further reduction in my computer’s capabilities?
This was the same argument Microsoft made about Internet Explorer during the antitrust lawsuit. Yet somehow, when faced with the possibility of a forced split, they managed to find a way.
kyle@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Saik0Shinigami@lemmy.saik0.com 8 months ago
It’s also well within the users purview to complain about it… Also for people to figure out how to rip it out of a system as well.
echodot@feddit.uk 8 months ago
What’s in the EULA? That the software is installed, what are you complaining about exactly?
If you don’t use the software it’s irrelevant.
kyle@lemm.ee 8 months ago
I’m not complaining about anything. I agree with you that it’s irrelevant, just turn it off
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I’m not trying to claim they aren’t allowed to do it. The fact that it’s legal doesn’t make it right.
vector_zero@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Realistically, you’re probably not utilizing a good 90% of your operating system’s features on Windows. Is this backup grao good? No, but it’s also a drop in a bucket.
ilinamorato@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Sure, but stuff like defrag, etc. are there for good reasons, and I’ll be glad to have them if I ever do need them. Onedrive and Backup are literally only there to make Microsoft money, and having them on my system will never be of benefit to me.