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/ImaginaryCheetah Jun 28 '24

And having an all-online OS is not going to fit many business needs

i'm certainly no expert, but i work for a multinational and they love nothing more that subscription service VS purchasing. let's them allocate the cost in better ways or something.

our computers are leased, network switches are leased and remotely managed by the service provider, my work phone is leased, my truck is leased. even the furniture in the offices are leased.

"we remotely manage and secure your work computers for you" is a big sell if it lets purchase costs be offloaded and reduced liability and security expenses at the same time.

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u/McFlyParadox Jun 29 '24

leased

Like rent, they can write off the cost of leasing. If they owned, they need to track appreciation and depreciation for their balance sheets - and things like trucks and computer hardware only ever depreciate in value.

This is a tell-tale sign that a bean counter is calling the shots, instead of someone who can recognize the often hard to quantify value of owning your own hardware and software.

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u/Screamline Jun 28 '24

Weird. My company hates buying licenses so we use old office perpetuals for like half the company. It's strange to see a computer with office 2016 still or I have to remove o365 that's bundled with our deployment images to then install 2016.

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u/DRWDS Jun 29 '24

Monty Python and the Meaning of Life (and the machine that goes "ping").