Microsoft Can't Stop Being Annoying About OneDrive
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They make you take a survey every time you close OneDrive on your device.

Microsoft Can’t Stop Being Annoying About OneDrive | They make you take a survey every time you close OneDrive on your device.::They make you take a survey every time you close OneDrive on your device.

  • Saki@monero.townEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about GNU/Linux? 🙃

    When I got my senior mom a computer she had never used Windows. Instead of having her learn that I installed Debian with Xfce and Firefox. Now that’s all she knows, I laugh at people who tell me Linux is too hard when my mom without any tech knowledge uses it as her daily computer. If I had to switch her to Windows or a Chrome browser she’ll make a fuss about it.

    How about a live OS as a free trial? Not only free as in free beer, but free as in freedom, and always will be free. You own your OS, not vice versa.

    Become a Linux user today, while keeping your precious Windows 11 or whatever. I raise you Tails if you do this at all.

    • Get an unused USB stick, download Tails and make a bootable USB. Typically this will take less than an hour.
    • Restart and boot your computer into Tails.
    • Congratulations! You’re a Debian user now, even on Tor. Meaning your real IP is hidden. Privacy strikes back!
    • Start Tor Browser and enjoy Lemmy. Libre world is usually Tor-friendly (though lemmy.world may be behind CF).

    I’m not saying you should ditch Windows today, but you might want to do some experiments? There are other OSes too, if you think yours is (becoming more and more) annoying!

    [PS: lemmy.world is indeed behind Cloudflare (CF). You may not be able to use it directly via Tor. I’m okay because writing/reading this from a different, privacy-friendly instance. Though CF is MitM, some people believe it’s necessary. Be careful, though: everything you send, including your password, may be visible to this MitM as plaintext.]

      • Saki@monero.townEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve found two possible solutions:

        • If you use some kind of Lemmy reader instead of using a browser, it may have a filtering function, like “hide post including this word” like using regex.
        • “After complaining yesterday about seeing too much Linux content in the Fediverse” — this Lemmy user seemed to have experienced a similar problem, and finally found a fundamental (albeit rather unexpected) solution. Read more: https://lemmy.world/post/8107430
  • 601error@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Microsoft is the abusive partner wondering how many times they have to hit you to make you love them.