I could never understand why microsoft is so against local user account. There’s a similar freedom from corporate fuckery when using Linux and everyone is ok with that.
… why would I want an online account? OneDrive is (or should be) optional, and can be replaced with any other cloud storage solution (and quite frankly ought to work on normal accounts too, even if requiring an online account specifically for OD). Updating the OS evidently works without an online account. Can’t currently think of another reason for it.
So I’d get one optional feature, and in return less privacy.
You realize that PC stands for “Personal Computer”, right? As in MY computer. My property. I should be free to use a local account without issue. I should be free to value my privacy.
This is why Linux is growing faster than ever. It actually understands what personal computing is.
I could never understand why microsoft is so against local user account. There’s a similar freedom from corporate fuckery when using Linux and everyone is ok with that.
Because normal users don’t need a local account. If you want one - use the enterprise edition of Windows.
… why would I want an online account? OneDrive is (or should be) optional, and can be replaced with any other cloud storage solution (and quite frankly ought to work on normal accounts too, even if requiring an online account specifically for OD). Updating the OS evidently works without an online account. Can’t currently think of another reason for it.
So I’d get one optional feature, and in return less privacy.
You realize that PC stands for “Personal Computer”, right? As in MY computer. My property. I should be free to use a local account without issue. I should be free to value my privacy.
This is why Linux is growing faster than ever. It actually understands what personal computing is.
Normal users don’t need a cloud account. The fact that windows has run on local accounts for forty fckn years is evidence of this.