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This Windows 11 Start menu change is now coming to Windows 10 (www.pcworld.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That's not an ad

[–] [email protected] 161 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There’s no apparent way to disable the Microsoft 365 account manager in the Start menu, and there’s no option to deactivate the constant nagging to upgrade to a paid Microsoft 365 subscription.

Sounds like an ad to me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (7 children)

It's a button to manage your Microsoft account that you signed into windows with. It's not shocking that it has an option to upgrade said account

Edit:

  1. I don't use windows, stop assuming things about me
  2. Everything you don't like or don't use isn't an ad. This is no different than Gmail and Google chrome having Google drive integration.
  3. Microsoft has been forcing people to use online accounts for windows login, so it's only natural for the account button to let you manage it as well.
  4. This isn't an endorsement or a value judgement.
[–] [email protected] 88 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I haven't signed in with the Microsoft account in the first place.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

What about trying to install Windows 11 with a local account instead of using a Microsoft account?

Shift + F10 -> Enter: oobe\bypassnro followed by.. you know what? Try: format C:\. And install Linux already.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 6 months ago

That didn't happen.

And if it did, it wasn't that bad. <--

And if it was, that's not a big deal.

And if it is, that's not Microsoft's fault.

And if it was, they didn't mean it.

And if they did, you deserved it.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

It's not Microsofts account for starters, its also not their computer. Its a user account on the customers computer.

Linux mint doesn't try and steal your content to train an AI. It's also a much nicer experience in a lot of ways

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

^ This

[–] [email protected] 18 points 6 months ago

Sounds like they are advertising a paid option.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't use windows, stop assuming things about me

Seems a bit silly to comment confidently on changes happening within Windows that you don't experience then, no?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

This isn't out on windows neither. This article is a rewording of another article that seems to be a mix of data mining and speculation. So having the same information as everyone else, I don't see any issue with commenting on it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

If you’re gunna simp for something you could at least have the self-respect to choose a thing that isn’t openly unstable dogshit.