Note: the MacOS part is false
Why are people like this? If you didn’t like what a company is doing, didn’t use their products.
Because Linux support depends on more people using it. So we have to blow up outrage and make more people mad enough to switch
Because the network effect makes it so we all are forced to use this shit at work.
That’s not the network effect though. It’s a top down decision. If the higher-ups decide you’re switching to Hannah Montana OS, you’re all switching to it, regardless of what people outside the company is using.
Total time delta 🐱
Seriously. I, too, was wondering what rivers had to do with this lol.
Well, is it really an account if you never login to it? (or if you even delete it once you make a local admin account?)
He’s a former Microsoft engineer for those who don’t know
David Plumber is a former Windows engineer, and has a YouTube channel where he shares stories about his time at Microsoft.
Of course he has positive Windows opinions, and of course he yaps about it like he’s an expert: because he is
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He also loves pretending he developed every single Windows dialogue box, tool, application, default software and interface element, when the truth is more like:
He says quite the opposite. He’s pretty open about what he was involved with and how long it’s been since he’s worked for MS. I’ve watched quite a few of his videos. He’s not what you claim.
His “expert” opinion is quite dated
He wrote task manager. I trust him.
The only Microsoft’s app that I used everyday, multiple times a day in the past. Just to avoid the computer from completely crashing.
Really? It seems pretty up to date since he’s talking about something that happened in the last year or so.
I watch his videos from time to time, he stays quite up to date when it comes to the underpinnings of modern software engineering. Mind you, just because he retired doesn’t mean he stopped tinkering and building. By all accounts he is still poking around in a number of projects and contributes his fair share of expertise. I’m not a fan of him not outright calling out Microsoft for their bullshit, but I do respect the sheer amount of expertise he brings to the table. Calling him out of date, particularly with the level of understanding needed to make something like a task manager, doesn’t seem fair.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you don’t need to smell shit while eating it.
You do need to get it down your throat, but you can just keep your nose pinched with your fingers, same as MacOS.
After that, throw up as much as you like. It’s what I do. Total calories delta: 100 kcal
This comment is missing the word “Linux”
Doesn’t he think Linux is bad or a disease or something.
wild kink but I don’t judge
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Microsoft will continue to eliminate workarounds. Copilot needs your data for training purposes. Snapshot, Onedrive, mandatory accounts, are all ways of forcing users to give up their data.
I personally think the workarounds are an intentional strategy to drip feed the “power users” and make them stop complaining/switching away. it also probably works to make them feel smart.
like do you seriously fucking believe ms would unintentionally leave
oobe\bypassnroas a command you can type?? this is some Hollywood hacking type shit
All you have to do is a domain join now. No skipping the OOBE via command line, etc.
At this point it’s much easier to just pirate Windows 11 Enterprise with massgrave.dev. But then again, you could also just install any Windows 10 version and sneakily activate ESU without an account. But at that point, it is even easier nowadays to just install Linux.
Dave is amazing, and his content on YouTube is very entertaining. This is a pragmatic answer for those who want or need Windows in some capacity, and then want to go on a use local accounts. Have some decency and recognize good advice when you see it.
It’s useful information for those who need it, but the way it is presented sounds delusional and contradictory.
He says you don’t need a Microsoft account, but goes on to explain actually you do need a Microsoft account.
It just sounds like pure cope.
For some people even needing a burner account is absolutely off the table and in no way a solution, and the fact of the matter is that an account is now required.
It only really works if you maintain access to a burner account, which might be difficult in the long term.
> Content creator who got massive recognition for Windows and used to work for Microsoft
> looks inside
> WindowsI swear the people in this comm behave like Christian missionaries
Yeah I was about to say “since when” about MacOS, good thing you added the note. Windows is objectively just more data hungry than MacOS. The fact that you need to sign in to use the default calendar says it all on Windows
Can confirm. Been using it without an account for several years. It still infuriates me that they ignore default app settings in favor of their own shitty unremovable apps.
I have seen someone change default apps on Win11 recently. I’m a Linux user tho, but if I rememer correctly, it was in the Settings app, which is a bit confusing, because there is also a Control Panel app and both change mostly different settings.
I was discussing MacOS
oh, i see. i thought you meant to confirm that for the calendar in windows. thanks for clearing that up.
I could have been more clear.
It ignores it? Doesn’t really happen for me, I have Smultron for my text editor and cog for music player, never has the default apps popped up instead. Are you sure you didn’t forget to click the “change all” inside the get info for whatever file you’re working on?
Yes. I’ve changed it 17 times. Every media file still wants to opens in QuickTime. Clicking links sometimes opens in Safari.
It’s not an awful take to say something like “Hey, you can get around this requirement by creating a burner account, then creating local accounts”. His wording is a bit off but he’s an odd guy, who also used to scam people, so this isn’t that bad in the grand scheme. He’s also heavily biased to windows.
On the topic of the account, I moved to Linux and I threw an LTSC build of Windows 10 on another nvme drive so I could play a couple games that use anti cheat. I figure by the time that’s no longer supported developers will just accept Linux in their games or i won’t care anymore.
How did he scam people? <citation needed>
https://lemmy.ca/comment/19382367
I’m guessing this is what they’re referring to?
One bummer about ‘burner accounts’ in 2025 is it seems to be increasingly difficult to have a true anonymous burner account that doesn’t involve someone getting your PII. A few short years ago you could just get a disposable email address from a bunch of places and use it to sign up, but now everything seems to be super locked down to where you either need an existing email address or a phone number to create an email account, both of which tend to have ways of being tied back to you.
I don’t know if there’s even any email services left that will just give you an account no questions asked, but I’ll bet if there are they’ll already be rejected as invalid by the big players.
Yeah but the demographic that will do this is like infinitesimally small. It’s fine, techies always know how to stick it to the man, but they succeed with most people so they get what they want. Not a dispute just a comment.
The only thing you need a Microsoft account for is to play Minecraft. And use other Microsoft products and services that Microsoft keeps pushing their terrible account system on.
You can actually download and play minecraft without a Microsoft account in multiple ways.
You can. It is in fact possible to play Minecraft without any code from Microsoft, as there are alternative implementations for both the frontend and the server. You can’t play on regular servers that way, though.
