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Windows 11 effectively forces users to register with a Microsoft account. Once that's established, all it takes is for an unaware user to fill out an e-commerce
by BitwiseFool 25d ago
Windows 11 effectively forces users to register with a Microsoft account. Once that's established, all it takes is for an unaware user to fill out an e-commerce form and save an address for auto-fill.
- clear0250 25d ago> Windows 11 effectively forces users to register with a Microsoft account. It takes zero effort to bypass that with Rufus, if you set up your own pc.
- BitwiseFool 25d agoMy comment was in regard to the average PC user. The kinds of folks who would never install an operating system and would likely agree to use Edge while signed in to their Microsoft account.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 25d agoMicrosoft has also been pushing hard for Recall and recording all local activity forever. Not impossible to imagine that anything looking like a home address “somehow” gets ingested in the telemetry.
- AngryData 25d agoA bypass existing is good, needing a bypass in the first place is still a problem.
- account42 24d agoA bypass existing is actually not good because that's how the frog is boiled. Ignorant users get an account while power user are placated for now. Then at some point the bypass is removed and when power users speak up they will be told shut down by all the drones with "you have needed an account for years, why are you throwing a fuss now".
- jborean93 25d ago> Windows 11 effectively forces users to register with a Microsoft account. While it's definitely a dark pattern that I 100% do not agree with, Pro editions still allow you to do a local account. No need for the oobe /bypass command, still can be done through the OOBE GUI setup by selecting a Work/School account option then selecting Sign in options to then specify a local account to create.