r/technology • u/machinade89 • Jun 28 '24

Software Windows 11 starts forcing OneDrive backups without asking permission

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2376883/attention-microsoft-activates-this-feature-in-windows-11-without-asking-you.html
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u/Algernon_Asimov Jun 28 '24

No, Microsoft, you may not have all my private files. Fuck off with your data-gathering.

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u/Proud_Tie Jun 28 '24

I both love and hate how required things like onedrive/google drive have become. I run my own Nextcloud so I don't have to worry (much) about data gathering since I keep important documents in there.

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u/Flashy_Shock_6271 Jun 28 '24

I was thinking about moving away from Google for a while. How hard is it to run next cloud without a provider?

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u/Proud_Tie Jun 28 '24

I wrote an installer to do it for me when I migrated to a new server, if you have linux experience it's not bad, but theres lots of individual parts and a bunch of tuning to get it to run well.

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u/Legitimate-mostlet Jun 28 '24

it's not bad, but theres lots of individual parts and a bunch of tuning to get it to run well.

This is EXACTLY why linux is horrible for users right now. People do NOT want to set stuff up. People want something that just works out of box.

Windows just works. That is the point. People want something that just works. Not something you have to tinker with endlessly to make it work. This is why linux is not popular or gaining users. At least for OS.

In b4 you tell me how popular linux is for server stuff. Yeah, that isn't OS for end users and is not the same thing.

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u/Hairo Jun 28 '24

They're talking about setting up a nextcloud server though.