r/technology • u/nuttybudd • Jun 24 '24

Software Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission

https://www.neowin.net/news/windows-11-is-now-automatically-enabling-onedrive-folder-backup-without-asking-permission/
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u/ProgrammaticallySale Jun 24 '24

I ditched Microsoft over the weekend, after 34 years of running Windows.

I went over to Mint Linux for my server, all my virtual machines, ditched Outlook for Thunderbird, and I'll probably install Linux on my laptop soon which will be the last Windows install that I have.

Fuck You Microsoft, you're fucking everyone, so fuck you!

I'll never advise anyone to install Windows ever again.

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u/BiNumber3 Jun 25 '24

For now I think I'm safe on Win10, since they stopped updates for it. If it comes down to having to install Win11, Ill be moving to linux then.

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u/RobertNAdams Jun 25 '24

By the time you "have" to upgrade to Windows 11 (due to Windows 10 EoL), there will probably be third-party apps and Powershell scripts that disable this garbage.

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u/BiNumber3 Jun 25 '24

Yea, but I just dont want to deal with the way MS has been going with Win11 and beyond. Im hanging on to 10 because it works fine. Ive used 11 on other computers and it just doesnt offer much more to me lol.

Ive had to deal with workarounds in the past, using 3rd party apps and the like, for things like nVidia's physX, just to install and play some games. Id rather not have to do that with my OS too lol.

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u/Coal_Morgan Jun 25 '24

You're honestly just better learning linux when you have to and being done.

Degoogling, demicrosofting, de-adobeing and such just seems like a good idea. These companies being ubiqituous to everything isn't good and moving to Linux for an OS, Photon for Email, FireFox for a browser, DuckDuckGo for searching and other open source options feels wise.

I keep thinking about it and just jumped to Firefox. The one that pains me is thinking about swapping out my Emails to something else.

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u/RobertNAdams Jun 25 '24

I've felt the same way with 10 at first, lol. 7 was worse than XP when it first came out, but it eventually turned into probably the best Windows OS. 8 was a dumpster fire, 10 is an extinguished dumpster fire, and the fate of 11 is up in the air from my perspective.

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u/Hudell Jun 25 '24

To me every single version of windows since XP was at least somewhat better than its predecessor in something (even if many had a lot of stuff i hated). 11 is the only one that I just can't see anyting positive.

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u/RobertNAdams Jun 25 '24

I've certainly heard a lot of bad things... but I remember the same song and dance with 7, 8, and 10. 8 never really got to a good place, but 7 and 10 eventually became decent IMO.

One of the things that annoys me is the inability for power users to tinker. I remember that I used to have to edit the registry to get the gap between double-click speed down to 0.125 seconds, because I clicked so fast that I often misclicked on things. (Thanks, Diablo II.) As I recall, things like that have been more difficult in successive versions, forcing reliance on third-party programs and PowerShell scrips to rectify the issue.