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Stallman Was Right

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Microsoft will now urge you to ditch local accounts on Windows 10 (www.xda-developers.com)
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[–] TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What's their excuse this time, a local account is "less secure" than a Microsoft account?

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"We're sorry, You've already requested a password reset today. Please wait 24 hours loser."

Yeah fuck that.

[–] electricprism@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Please wait 30 days to recover your account --iCloud

[–] shiveyarbles@beehaw.org 10 points 4 months ago

Return of the Evil Empire

[–] nick@midwest.social 5 points 4 months ago

I will urge Microsoft to pound sand.

[–] gmestanley@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Horrifying

[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I will be looking forward to the application that turns off that setting with great interest.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 months ago

I really hope the DOJ gets involved

[–] Raffster@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yeah, jokes on them. My win10 license lives happily and immutably as a virtual install that I start up every now and then when I need to configure my guitar pedal. Everything else works flawlessly with the penguin, and has so for years now. I sometimes miss having to tinker with my system but it hasn't been necessary for a long time now...

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

similar situation here, except i dont even bother with a license

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago

I wonder if you could reverse engineer the software