Microsoft won’t let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself

https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23952878/microsoft-onedrive-windows-close-app-notification

Archived version: https://archive.ph/bHLv6
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20231108214604/https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/8/23952878/microsoft-onedrive-windows-close-app-notification

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KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 2y (6 replies)

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trailblazer911@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y (5 replies)

I would rather remove Onedrive using winget and call it a day.

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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dotMonkey@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Or I could just ignore the things I don't use. You guys blow this way out of proportion. Don't get me wrong, I love the simplicity and barebonesness of Linux OSs, I have a desktop install and run a home server using it too. But does the presence of edge or news affect me? No.

KISSmyOS@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y

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itsJoelle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

I worry about the telemetry and customizing my OS to exactly the way I want.

Things like swapping Ctrl and Alt without needing to spring extreme protocols or run software that is a security risk. It's just a couple of toggles on Linux.

But it's a "to each their own" kinda stuff 😅 After work I can't look at Windows anymore.

netchami@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

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Ciryamo@feddit.de · 21 pts · 2y (2 replies)

I always read about these new annoying windows features but I never actually encounter them on my Win11 PC...

Is it because I'm on a professional license?

thal3s@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Yes. They only show start menu ads and bullshit like this to standard users.

vox@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 2y

nope I'm on home and I've never seen any start menu ads or shit like that (default configuration is pretty bad tho), except pre-pinned stuff that can just be unpinned (pro also has it too)
there's no reason to use pro except GPO, and if you only care about local group policies, you can just poke the registry

tdawg@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Other: Fuck you

gullible@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y

I always suggested that they tell their software team to offer sincere entreatments of self harm to management. No one actually reads them so my malignant rage was hardly even rude. If anyone on the windows software team is reading this, I still hate whoever came up with this. Forward my regards to your boss. Regards

Froyn@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

"It's not you, it's me" surprisingly absent from the list of options.