Microsoft really wants you to use a Microsoft account on Windows, to the point where it won't tell you how to make a Local one.
  • Microsoft removes guide on converting Microsoft accounts to Local, pushing for Microsoft sign-ins.
  • Instructions once available, now missing - likely due to company’s preference for Microsoft accounts.
  • People may resist switching to Microsoft accounts for privacy reasons, despite company’s stance.
    • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
      56·
      5 months ago

      Can’t you just have an OS that doesn’t fight you constantly when you’re trying to use your computer the way you want?

    • Johannes Jacobs@lemmy.jhjacobs.nlEnglish
      22·
      5 months ago

      Yes, you can. But a lot of Windows users dont even know what powershell is.

      And personally i think you shouldnt have to jump through hoops for what i consider basic functionality. They also make it near impossible to install Windows 11 new without having to resort to all kind of tricks to create a local account. Its a shitshow.

      In my humble opinion :)

      • gwen@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        11·
        5 months ago

        a lot of windows users shit their pants when they have to open cmd prompt lmao

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Isn’t the point of an OS so that users don’t have to use cmd prompt? That’s why we aren’t using DOS anymore.

    • cley_faye@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      5 months ago

      Sure you can. You can also spend time disabling intrusive telemetry, you can also spend time reverting half the UI changes (not the other half though), you can also spend time removing integrated services you don’t use but are still running, you can (regularly) change back some settings that gets reverted every once in a while, you can also block some IP to prevent intrusive ads, you can toggle off part of the “user experience” that bloat the lockscreen…

      Or you could, I don’t know, not have to do any of that and still have a working system that’s not trying to bend you over.