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0 pointszibzab4y ago0 comments

What kind of stupidly is this?

Did Apple hire the guy in charge of Windows 10 user accounts?

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emerongi4y ago· 5 in thread

It could be the other way around: Microsoft hired the Apple guy and let them run wild.

To my knowledge, Apple has never tried to force a user to use it's cloud services. You just skip any step referencing a cloud account during setup.

This is not true of Microsoft.

>Windows 10 users are annoyed that Microsoft has hidden the local account option when setting up a new PC or reinstalling Windows 10. A user on a popular Reddit thread notes that the local account option is now invisible if the device is connected to the internet.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-users-fume-microsof...

inetknght4y ago

> Apple has never tried to force a user to use it's cloud services.

I would argue that making the use of cloud services be the default forces users who aren't aware that it's optional and especially when they don't know that there *are* real downsides to using it.

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cloudwizard4y ago

I hate the fact that Apple kept asking me to accept the terms of service for Itunes. I have no intention of using Itunes. I would remove Itunes and many other Apple Crapware from my computer if I could.

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matheusmoreira4y ago

It could also be that cloud accounts on local computers are a bad idea and implementations will be bad no matter who does it.

lupire4y ago

Chromebook seems to work without constantly locking people out.

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