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minus-squarenet00@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down12·2 days agoRight click tray icon > Settings > Manage backup > Turn off backup for all the folders… That’s it, all your folders become local only. Then if you don’t want it running just disable auto-startup in task manager. I guess it’s more popular to hate than to learn things…
minus-squarevoodooattack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoThe fact that it’s opt-out and not opt-in says a lot about windows. I guess it’s more popular to hate than to learn things… Sure is, look at all that hate this little guy 🐧 gets for example
minus-squareMidnitte@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoIts not like Microsoft advertises this - they explicitly obfuscate and make things opt out
minus-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoNo one should have to do that stupid shit, it should be opt in only. The only reason for this model is to trick idiots into buying a subscription they never wanted or needed.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoWindows® Just Works™ “But I don’t want to learn how to set things up, I just want it to work, now how do I set up this windows pc?”
minus-square6nk06@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoYeah, it’s very easy… as long as it’s working, which it is not, at all.
Right click tray icon > Settings > Manage backup > Turn off backup for all the folders…
That’s it, all your folders become local only. Then if you don’t want it running just disable auto-startup in task manager.
I guess it’s more popular to hate than to learn things…
The fact that it’s opt-out and not opt-in says a lot about windows.
Sure is, look at all that hate this little guy 🐧 gets for example
Its not like Microsoft advertises this - they explicitly obfuscate and make things opt out
No one should have to do that stupid shit, it should be opt in only. The only reason for this model is to trick idiots into buying a subscription they never wanted or needed.
Windows® Just Works™
“But I don’t want to learn how to set things up, I just want it to work, now how do I set up this windows pc?”
Yeah, it’s very easy… as long as it’s working, which it is not, at all.