Microsoft's small but noteworthy change to the Windows 10 Start menu has its ups and downs.
  • Womble@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1382·
    10 months ago

    There’s no apparent way to disable the Microsoft 365 account manager in the Start menu, and there’s no option to deactivate the constant nagging to upgrade to a paid Microsoft 365 subscription.

    Sounds like an ad to me.

    • Lojcs@lemm.eeEnglish
      599·
      10 months ago

      It’s a button to manage your Microsoft account that you signed into windows with. It’s not shocking that it has an option to upgrade said account

      Edit:

      1. I don’t use windows, stop assuming things about me
      2. Everything you don’t like or don’t use isn’t an ad. This is no different than Gmail and Google chrome having Google drive integration.
      3. Microsoft has been forcing people to use online accounts for windows login, so it’s only natural for the account button to let you manage it as well.
      4. This isn’t an endorsement or a value judgement.
      • daddy32@lemmy.worldEnglish
        712·
        10 months ago

        I haven’t signed in with the Microsoft account in the first place.

        • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
          42·
          10 months ago

          What about trying to install Windows 11 with a local account instead of using a Microsoft account?

          Shift + F10 -> Enter: oobe\bypassnro followed by… you know what? Try: format C:\. And install Linux already.

        • OpenStars@discuss.onlineEnglish
          911·
          10 months ago

          I haven’t either… bc I’ve been privileged to not have to work with Satan Windows for almost a decade now.:-)

      • barsquid@lemmy.worldEnglish
        233·
        10 months ago

        That didn’t happen.

        And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. <–

        And if it was, that’s not a big deal.

        And if it is, that’s not Microsoft’s fault.

        And if it was, they didn’t mean it.

        And if they did, you deserved it.

      • Wooki@lemmy.worldEnglish
        161·
        10 months ago

        It’s not Microsofts account for starters, its also not their computer. Its a user account on the customers computer.

        Linux mint doesn’t try and steal your content to train an AI. It’s also a much nicer experience in a lot of ways

      • Soup@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        10 months ago

        If you’re gunna simp for something you could at least have the self-respect to choose a thing that isn’t openly unstable dogshit.