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sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Microsoft confirms it accidentally installed new OneDrive app on Windows 11 PCs, and there's no easy way to remove it yet

www.windowslatest.com

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Microsoft confirms it accidentally installed new OneDrive app on Windows 11 PCs, and there's no easy way to remove it yet

www.windowslatest.com

sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Microsoft told Windows Latest that it accidentally shipped the AI-powered OneDrive Photos app on Windows 11 more broadly than it should have.
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    “Accidentally”

    Suuure

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    “accidentally”

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    That’s why I accidentally installed Linux Bazite.

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      How well does it handle windoze games?

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        I can’t speak for Bazzite but coming from SteamOS it’s arguably better than under Windows.

        The only games that don’t work are the ones with the ridiculous kernel level anti cheat.

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    Kinda like how the wives of cops always accidentally have black eyes.

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      C: She fell down the stairs.

      M: Don’t you live in a single level house?

      C: …at a friend’s house.

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    Used to need a computer. Haven’t had one for years, don’t miss it.

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      can’t even imagine the morse code paddle setup and mental capacity needed to transcode the REST requests to post this. Do you write down the session key, or just remember it?

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        Hate is for folks that don’t have anything else. Hold it tight, it’ll be cold when it’s gone.

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    There are no accidents.

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      We say ‘accident’ we mean ‘test bench for public backlash’ before we roll it out to every user.

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    Yes there is. Install a linux distro

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    “Accidentally”

    Microsoft’s notion of consent is terrifying.

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      Yeah, I removed OneDrive at least twice and they “accidentally” reinstalled and reactivated it on two updates.

      The second time I found out about it because I got a warning that they had uploaded too many of my files against my consent, my allotted cloud storage was full, and if I wanted access to my files I had to pay up.

      I removed it again, then there was another update. Guess whose files “accidentally” got held for ransom again?

      Now I’m on Linux.

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        I quit because of the constant advertising causing interruptions to my workflow. Unacceptable. I switched over to Linux generally because I kept finding Windows to be a deeply unserious and frankly disrespectful OS.

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          Disrespectful is right. I’m still angry thinking about it.

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        This was me with edge. After the third time that was installed without my consent I was like FTS.

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      “I don’t even wait. And when you’re a big company, they let you do it. You can do anything. … Grab 'em by the auto-update. You can do anything.”

      Hey, if it’s good enough for the esteemed President of the United States of America, it’s good enough for Microsoft.

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      Easier yo ask forgiveness than permission.

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        Why do either?

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        True, but easier for whom? Easier for them, not easier for me when I have to clean up their mess.

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        Even easier to ask for neither.

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      I came in to say just that, so, I’m just going to upvote you and move on.

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      Its the company gates built.

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    The ways this differs from malware is none.

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    “Oopsie doodle” - An international multi-trillion dollar company that has their equipment in literally every government and military.

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    The easy way to remove the malware is to install Linux.

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      That’s just totally untrue. Openbsd is also an option.

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        Debian GNU/Hurd is out there now too, I’ve been meaning to stick it on a VM. I’m sure it’s a perfectly acceptable substitute for Win11 for nearly all users.

        😬

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    Microsoft:

    Image

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    “accidentally” … “no way” … lol

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    Wow, Microsoft sure has been making a lot of accidents lately. Almost like things are being done without human oversight.

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