Comment on Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users
nexussapphire@lemm.ee 11 months agoI paid full price for Windows 10 twice, from Microsoft’s website. I believe in paying for good software but Windows 10 was anything but. After the whole forced Microsoft account thing I had very little patience and then Windows 11 dropped. I switched to Linux and never looked back.
I understand if anyone can’t switch or disagree with my point of view, you don’t have to leave a comment.
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What do you mean by forced Microsoft account? You can make local accounts out of the box in 10 and 11. It’s just annoying to get around.
nexussapphire@lemm.ee 11 months ago
There isn’t much stopping them from patching the workaround and forcing a setup screen right after the update. I’m glad it works for you, I’m just not interested in making excuses for a three trillion dollar company .
martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
The point being that he paid for the software and he shouldn’t have to get around if
LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I agree, but I’m just pointing out that it’s possible to get around it. Microsoft fucking sucks, but I want people to know ways around stuff so they aren’t wasting time and money if they don’t have to.
martinb@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
Yup. Personally only use it for work. Linux all the way on all my machines
ALostInquirer@lemm.ee 11 months ago
What is the way around Microsoft accounts during 10/11 setup?
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 11 months ago
This right here is exactly why I jumped ship. Linux questions tend to be “How do I do this?” and ya learn something.
Microsoft questions tend to be: “Windows is trying to force some new commercially motivated shenanigans on me when I’m just trying to use the OS I already paid them for, how many clever steps must I take to work around their unending, ever-evolving nonsense… Until they pull something else with the next update?”
The complete obfuscation of making local accounts and pushing M$ accounts was infuriating.