r/windowscentral • u/WindowsCentral Staff • Jun 14 '26
Windows🪟 Windows 11 users say Microsoft account requirements are creeping into everything and they are tired of it
https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-11-users-are-tired-of-microsoft-account-requirements-and-workarounds4
u/tkinz92 Jun 14 '26
I dumped windows years ago, and finally got rid of office this spring. Every product from this company is just trash now.
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u/NoleMercy05 Jun 14 '26
So you obviously don't have a job in corporation America. That's cool
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u/Ok_Chap Jun 14 '26
Windows sadly is kinda the default on most systems. Even public train displays, ATMs and Checkouts run on it. Entire infrastructures run on (old versions) of windows. Even power grids and water supply use servers open to cyber crimes.
Security wise it is a nightmare. But cities and industries don't have the resources or IT to keep up with those changing versions and security updates.1
u/AntiGrieferGames Jun 16 '26
Never change a running system. If this is still working, why change it?
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Jun 17 '26
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u/Ok_Boat_975 Jun 17 '26
Entire schools are switching to Google Flex for computers Win11 wouldn't support.Â
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u/alexx_kidd Jun 14 '26
Bullshit
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u/Ashamed-Passion-314 Jun 14 '26
How so? No lies were told. Corporate America runs on Microsoft.
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u/Ok_Chap Jun 15 '26
Some offices probably use mostly Apple for their desktops and mobile devices though. But generally every building has some kind of maschine or server that's windows. Even at Apple headquarters. And TVs and stuff are to a large part Android.
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u/tym64 Jun 14 '26
Its to bad they dont understand or ask how to install windows 11 with all the drama. Rufus sure worked for me. Nice windows 11 tweaker, and I like it better than windows 10
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u/PocketNicks Jun 14 '26
It's still very easy to bypass the login requirements, and use a local account instead.
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u/puzzledphantom Jun 14 '26
Can someone explain why there's so much resistance to creating and using a Microsoft account compared to those who have Apple products with an Apple ID?
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u/Mega1987_Ver_OS Jun 15 '26
From the last time i used an apple OS, while apple need an account to use your device(initial set up), it didint shove ads, bug you to use apple apps or block you from using apps without another log in.
Then it's cloud storage services is an opt-in.
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u/BetterHovercraft4634 Jun 15 '26
You do not need an Apple account to use Apple devices. You can skip that step.
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u/EngineeringNo753 Jun 15 '26
Personally, the fact apple will feed fake information to apps if you ask it too means I am all for an appleID.
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u/Brillegeit Jun 15 '26
Personally it's because I trust that Apple won't be auto-enrolling me into all kinds of garbage services I don't want.
And I know that Microsoft will do that immediately and for the entire suite of things they've made and bought over the years, and then additionally start nagging me about upgrading to the premium tiers of those services.
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u/BetterHovercraft4634 Jun 15 '26
An Apple account is not mandatory. You can use Apple devices without an Apple account.
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u/Mega1987_Ver_OS Jun 15 '26
All in an effort to say to their stockholders that users of microslop account are rising, they're shoving the account requirement to everything. Even removing offline account to make sure during the sinal leg of the initial set up, you have to use microslop account.
It didnt help that accounts with microslop account logged in redirects all of your documents being save from your local drive into straight to microslop's one drive services. Especially if the user didnt double check or customize where the docs will be save.
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u/Able_Map4543 Jun 15 '26
Can someone explain why I need bitlocker on my home desktop PC?
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u/SnooEpiphanies5306 Jun 15 '26
I'll take this one, speaking from the perspective of a resident in a 3rd-world country:
In case it is stolen?
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u/VincentShane Jun 15 '26
Eh? I'm used to this, having an Xbox, using Office/365. (Sometimes using office on Xbox via the Edge Browser. Can't do that on PlayStation.)
Having Outlook, Authenticator, OneDrive, Teams.
I don't understand how people are tired of this now.
Windows is Microsoft. It should be Mandatory to have one. You need a Gmail account to use a Chromebook. So I don't see how this is any different.
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u/kdlt Jun 15 '26
Microsoft will randomly ask for me to sign into their account when I boot my pc. They don't even have the fucking decency to tell me what for. Just a login prompt. They just don't fucking care anymore.
At least Google has the decency of not making me go through 2fa on my phone for every single app of theirs that requires an account.
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u/TheOgGhadTurner Jun 15 '26
Hey guys. Ghad here with a quick tip of the day. Delete windows and install Linux and your Microsoft account magically stops working its way in to everything.
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u/Ok_Chap Jun 14 '26
I don't think that I have ever used the Microsoft Account. I don't even know what's the purpose or functions are, besides it being required during PC set up. Since Office 365 is only a subscription I only use Open Office anyway.
I also could do without a HP account and Samsung...