Microsoft has been pushing hard for its users to sign into Windows with a Microsoft Account. The newest Windows 11 installer removed the easy bypass to the requirement that you make an account or login with your existing account. If you didn’t install Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account and now want to stop sending the company your data, you can still switch to a local account after the fact. Microsoft even had instructions on how to do this on its official support website - or at least it used to…
"Welcome to GoogleWindows. Please lick the screen so we can have your DNA to track you globally. Your 30 minutes of ads will begin shortly while we install our spyware on your device. Thank you from the MicrosoftAlphabet Family."
scottmeme@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Where’s the fucking anti trust lawsuit US GOV
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Also where the fuck is the EU at on this? Having to jump through hoops to use my windows pc is bothersome.
Yes, I’m also a Linux user, no, I don’t use Arch.
Engywuck@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Why don’t you BTW?
Sabata11792@ani.social 4 months ago
Bribing the government is cheaper than following any sort of peaky law.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee 4 months ago
Reforming capitalism is a waste of time. Reforms only delays end stage capitalism, it cannot prevent it.
And here we are… and here we go.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 months ago
They need data collected by Windows themselves though.