Microsoft quietly changed how folder backup works in the OneDrive app on Windows 11. Now, the OS enables it by default during the initial setup without asking the user for permission.
  • Bapanada@kbin.earth
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    5 months ago

    Yes, since migrating to Linux at home in ‘04 I’ve wondered why MS users continue to take such abuse. It’s genuinely puzzling to me.

      • okamiueru@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Don’t confuse “I’m used to X” with “X is simpler”

        Windows: Search the Web for some software. Visit webpage. Download executable. Run it. Go through a install wizard. (One month later) Update? Some do it themselves, some just let you know there is a newer version, and a lot of bigger players have a program dedicated to just updating some other program.

        Compared to (for example): paru -S <something>

        That’s it. Updating aaaalll the software in your whole system, including the OS, and you don’t have to restart, or even close any of the programs you are updating? paru

      • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 months ago

        As simple as an exe? You mean clicking on the installer and follow instructions? That may be typical, but easy, it ain’t.

    • retrospectology@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      Linux nerds kind of lost the public relations war, the long-time antagonism towards “normie” users has created a lingering notion that linux is a pain in the ass and unaccomodating, even as some devs have tried to make it more inviting. It’s a difficult hump to overcome I think.