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Well, Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account.

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[-] Azal@pawb.social 5 points 1 year ago
[-] KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ah this one is easy, it's called use linux.

Stop coping and use linux.

This has been: your local linux user, thank you for having me.

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[-] Buelldozer@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Haven't they done this since like Windows 8 or even 7? Thought it was pretty much mandatory already tbh.

Not really. There's always a skip or cancel button or "sign in another way" prompt somewhere. I think this means they're going to start prompting people more often.

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