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[–] thanks_shakey_snake 88 points 11 months ago (35 children)

My favorite was when my new Windows 11 laptop started automatically backing up my files to OneDrive without telling me, then STOPPED LETTING ME SEND AND RECEIVE EMAILS because my OneDrive was full. Full of stuff that I never wanted to back up.

So one of my main email accounts, which I've used within the free tier limits for 20ish years, suddenly went dark because I signed into Windows.

Of course while investigating, the UI offered helpful options like:

  • Pay for more cloud storage

(Not depicted: "Free up some space," "Disable backups")

Epilogue: After several rounds of disabling backups, then deleting the stuff in OneDrive, then Windows deciding that I couldn't have wanted that and backing all my stuff up again anyway, I finally fixed it by deleting some key directories so the backup would just fail.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (12 children)

Delete some key directories

My grandfather is in need of a new computer, im not gonna try to Linux pill him, which leaves me with a windows 10 machine that will be EOL this year, and just hope nothing breaks with time. I think he would stop using technology if he saw the constant nags and popups in 11.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This is lemmy and I live in a country which gives 0 fucks about copyright, so allow me to speak very freely

PIRACY PIRACY PIRACY!

PIRATE a copy of Windows 10 LTSC and let Microsoft choke on your cock and balls!

DMCA My Ass M$IT lawyers

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