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Microsoft won’t let you close OneDrive on Windows until you explain yourself (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/technology@lemmy.world

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This is Microsoft’s latest annoying addition to Windows.

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[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 30 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Does selecting Other let you enter in some freetext? Because this is begging for some nastygrams.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

That's exactly what I intend to do.

Other: "Why the fuck do you feel entitled to MY information on a platform I BOUGHT. Get fucked Greedsoft. Once Linux can play any game I want I'm out faster than you can say: Windows 14 coming 2026."

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Be free, brother. https://www.howtogeek.com/738967/how-to-use-steams-proton-to-play-windows-games-on-linux/

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

It's not all games though and I keep hearing easy anticheat doesn't like Linux at all. I don't want to limit what I can play just to stick it to Greedsoft just yet and I'm a bit of a nerd for star citizen lol I can't imagine that would work well.

Thanks for the link though! I'll have to save that for later

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

EAC and Battleye both support Linux these days, it's just a question of if the developer enables it in their games.

[–] Damage@slrpnk.net 2 points 10 months ago

There's more than enough, just avoid hostile publishers

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

every game I play or want to play works pretty well on linux

some software tho (e.g photo editing, pcb design, video editing, etc.) doesn't work on linux

but I don't have enough storage to dualboot (128 gb) so I'm using Linux only

I switched from EndeavourOS with sway to kubuntu since KDE connect wasn't working

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network -1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

But you didn't buy it. You licensed it.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, microsoft licensed it. He bought a license. If you're going to be pedantic without bringing any value, at least be correct.

[–] GentlemanLoser@ttrpg.network 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't trying to be pedantic, just clarifying that users don't own the software, they are licensed to use it.

But go on, dick

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 2 points 10 months ago

You weren't being pedantic, you honestly thought that someone had the assumption that by paying $100, they owned the windows ip, and you were just helping them out?

Suuuuure.

[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah... Very true. It's so fkn disgusting.

[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 5 points 10 months ago

Just put in something random each time.

"The voices told me to."

"Too many chickens."

"Been feeling real itchy lately. Down there."

"Clippy orchestrated 9/11"

"Microsoft Product support said to get some gift cards and then close OneDrive and Defender while they installed some important updates."