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  • Microsoft removes guide on converting Microsoft accounts to Local, pushing for Microsoft sign-ins.
  • Instructions once available, now missing - likely due to company's preference for Microsoft accounts.
  • People may resist switching to Microsoft accounts for privacy reasons, despite company's stance.
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

It also feels like their insistence is doing nothing but hurting them. The average consumer who doesn't know the difference between a local account and a Microsoft account won't know or care about MS doing this.

But the users who do have a preference and do want a local account are just going to be irritated at it and give them bad press. They'll eventually figure out how to make a local account anyway and it may be the push they need to migrate off of Windows.

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

I just want a consistent name for my home dir

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Boooo Microsoft Windows

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

three trillion dollars

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