M$ tries to get you to use OneDrive at every opportunity, to get their $99/year or whatever it costs to have more than a couple GB. It's an application (or, to use your euphemism, a "software problem"), and you can disable or uninstall it, thankfully. But you CAN'T get rid of their Edge browser, which sucks. M$ Office apps insist on using Edge whenever one of them wants to use a browser to display anything, even if you have set a different default browser.
And, while we are ranting about M$, the email rendering in Outlook desktop (through the 2021 version) has never been fixed after 30+ years of showing many HTML messages too wide to fit the width of the viewport, requiring scrolling to read long lines. They used to have an option to compose and read messages in Word, but that was removed for no obvious reason.
And, they have made the process for installing the standalone Office suite so cumbersome as to put off anyone not comfortable with editing script files, in order to shift people to the online, monthly-fee-based "Office 365".
I hate it. Hate it. HAS to be illegal. I'm seni-retired, no longer need to collaborate tightly online. It complicates my security, although in fairness it would be more secure than most cloud setups, IF I STILL NEEDED A ROUTINE COLLABORATION REGIME.
When I edit video or big batches of still images, obviously everything goes faster than if the working files were in the clould.
But I can't get rid of it. It reactivates on every Windows 11 update. It by default slurps up files from any new software I install. My strategy is to leave the free 5 GB 95% full.
I still have to hunt for MY PC in file Explorer every time I create a new file.
I'm founding editor of a broadband magazine and would be delighted to join in any class action suit against Microgrift for this.
Definitely confusing situation, but gotta have FUN Profits and creations of self care isn't the Golden rules based in Freedom of choice. The too big to Failure is to much these days you're rights technology is coming to stranger's days...who's getting Charged with actual evidence of monopoly money for nothing else.
M$ tries to get you to use OneDrive at every opportunity, to get their $99/year or whatever it costs to have more than a couple GB. It's an application (or, to use your euphemism, a "software problem"), and you can disable or uninstall it, thankfully. But you CAN'T get rid of their Edge browser, which sucks. M$ Office apps insist on using Edge whenever one of them wants to use a browser to display anything, even if you have set a different default browser.
And, while we are ranting about M$, the email rendering in Outlook desktop (through the 2021 version) has never been fixed after 30+ years of showing many HTML messages too wide to fit the width of the viewport, requiring scrolling to read long lines. They used to have an option to compose and read messages in Word, but that was removed for no obvious reason.
And, they have made the process for installing the standalone Office suite so cumbersome as to put off anyone not comfortable with editing script files, in order to shift people to the online, monthly-fee-based "Office 365".
Classic Microsoft. Facebook gets more publicity these days, but M$ has been doing this for 40+ years.
I hate it. Hate it. HAS to be illegal. I'm seni-retired, no longer need to collaborate tightly online. It complicates my security, although in fairness it would be more secure than most cloud setups, IF I STILL NEEDED A ROUTINE COLLABORATION REGIME.
When I edit video or big batches of still images, obviously everything goes faster than if the working files were in the clould.
But I can't get rid of it. It reactivates on every Windows 11 update. It by default slurps up files from any new software I install. My strategy is to leave the free 5 GB 95% full.
I still have to hunt for MY PC in file Explorer every time I create a new file.
I'm founding editor of a broadband magazine and would be delighted to join in any class action suit against Microgrift for this.
I'll let you know if a class action turns up.
I don't use it. Didn't even make account to open it.
Lucky you!
Or old age. Can't figure half that crap out so ignore it
It was on my new desktop computer this spring. Evil.
Yup. I saw your posting. It can be removed using Regedit on a virgin PC. Not so easy later, once it is embedded.
Restack and the morally of the morally of Business practices what's up in Government knowledge...
Definitely confusing situation, but gotta have FUN Profits and creations of self care isn't the Golden rules based in Freedom of choice. The too big to Failure is to much these days you're rights technology is coming to stranger's days...who's getting Charged with actual evidence of monopoly money for nothing else.