At this point it's much easier to just pirate Windows 11 Enterprise with massgrave.dev. But then again, you could also just install any Windows 10 version and sneakily activate ESU without an account. But at that point, it is even easier nowadays to just install Linux.

He's a former Microsoft engineer for those who don't know

The only thing you need a Microsoft account for is to play Minecraft. And use other Microsoft products and services that Microsoft keeps pushing their terrible account system on.

Ima start making charcoal wood, gathering mesquite as I wander about the southwestern part of our country for the rest of eternity.

Reminds me of the most traumatising conversation I've had in a good while, which included the following (abridged) exchange:

Me: You do know that, if payment for your yearly M365 fees fails for some reason, or you simply don't want or don't care about it anymore and let your subscription expire, you will get read-only access to your OWN data, which is stored in YOUR computer, and unable to create new files in Office ?

Him: So what? If you have a newspaper subscription and you stop paying, you won't get the newspaper anymore, that's just how subscriptions work.

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I am not talking about a 10 year old. This is a 50+ year old dude who does entrepreneur's consulting for a living.

Claim: you don't need a Microsoft account to run windows. Here's how.

Step 1: set up a Microsoft account.