['Very cold take for this audience but: the executives who pushed for it to be basically impossible to use a new windows pc without a ms account, but for that ms account to have to not be a "work or school" one deserve jail for 1000 years and perpetual stubbed toes.', 'Very cold take for this audience but: the executives who pushed for it to be basically impossible to use a new windows pc without a ms account, but for that ms account to have to not be a "work or school" one deserve jail for 1000 years and perpetual stubbed toes.']
['So obtusely funny that the demands of "oh we can't let people domain join windows home, then no one will buy pro" and "oh we have to let companies remotely manage peoples' BYOD machines" result in the most user hostile setup flow possible, and one that also ends up tricking people into using their personal Microsoft account in a work owned device. Jail! Infinite stubbing!', 'So obtusely funny that the demands of "oh we can't let people domain join windows home, then no one will buy pro" and "oh we have to let companies remotely manage peoples' BYOD machines" result in the most user hostile setup flow possible, and one that also ends up tricking people into using their personal Microsoft account in a work owned device. Jail! Infinite stubbing!']
Windows: thanks! Have you considered using copilot?
Me: no thanks, please just open settings
The Frankenstein flesh golem that is w11 settings, taking over 60seconds to open: .... killl.... me...
Windows: did you know that today is Edgar Allen Poe's birthday?
Me: no thanks, please just open settings
The Frankenstein flesh golem that is w11 settings, taking over 60seconds to open: .... killl.... me...
Windows: did you know that today is Edgar Allen Poe's birthday?
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@samw I think I have three Windows accounts, two with the same email address/name. I don't know how this can be permitted, and it's so annoying I just try to never use any of them.
@jarkman @samw Microsoft are institutionally incapable of building user account management software. From the way their login processes bounce you back and forth through loads of seemingly unrelated domains (training you to be vulnerable to phishers), the weird broken account state loops you can get into, the ugly and inconsistent UI, the complete absence of customer support to help you
