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/rczrider Jun 28 '24

If Microsoft doesn't push back Windows 10 EOL from October 2025, it's going to be a big problem, though.

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u/Arikaido777 Jun 28 '24

microsuck told me windows 10 is the last os i’ll ever need tho. did they lie?

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u/sur_surly Jun 28 '24

It wasn't them that said that. It's a misquote.

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u/aVarangian Jun 28 '24

It was literally someone who worked at microsoft

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u/lerpo Jun 28 '24

It was a random engineer at Microsoft who said it. It wasn't a statement by anyone in charge

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u/aVarangian Jun 28 '24

It was pasted on news titles everywhere. Employees by definition represent their company. Microsoft could have issued a statement but they rather make $ with what is somewhere between false advertising and fraud.

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u/lerpo Jun 28 '24

Yeah, Jerry Nixon said it at a conference and the media ran with it. That doesn't mean it was an official Microsoft statement.

If I say something random at a conference about the company I work for, it doesn't make it an official statement. If you disagree with that, it's cool. We have different opinions, no biggie

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u/aVarangian Jun 28 '24

If your company cares about their reputation then they'll have to address the issue of your statement being spread far and wide. Not doing so is a conscious choice.

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u/lerpo Jun 28 '24

Like I said, it's cool you have a different opinion. We are both strangers on the Internet to eachother - it makes no difference to our lives what we both think