- Microsoft removes guide on converting Microsoft accounts to Local, pushing for Microsoft sign-ins.
- Instructions once available, now missing - likely due to company’s preference for Microsoft accounts.
- People may resist switching to Microsoft accounts for privacy reasons, despite company’s stance.
Honest question: What does Microsoft expect people with no Internet access to do?
When I bought my Windows 11 laptop a month ago, I was able to set up a local account after turning on airplane mode. (I had entered my wifi password in an earlier step since I thought it was just for installing updates.)
They’re poor…fuck 'em, who needs them!?
This is the actual, real, subpoena-the-emails-you’ll-find-it answer.
People with no internet access obviously don’t exist.
They added telemetry. 100% of responses had internet access.
That’s just science.
I see what you did there.
Beauty.
Microsoft learned the right lesson, everyone has internet! \s