The Windows ecosystem was traditionally designed to treat users fairly, offering unprecedented openness and software backward compatibility that turned a “simple” OS into a major force in the technology and computing world. However, fairness, compatibility, and openness are now somewhat obsolete concepts, as Big Tech proactively harvest users’ data to…Read Entire Article

  • Nick@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Wait, so having to click “back” on the Microsoft account login screen befire being given the option to create an offline account didn’t already make it obvious enough?

  • owenfromcanada@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    They’ve been “steering away” since Windows 10 was released. The question is when they’ll disable it completely.