it’s crazy to me how many times throughout the years these guy have done things which were just awful awful for their users.

then they follow it up with a media blitz “oh, look at how amazing we are, we’re going to work on local accounts”

do awful shit then expect praise when they undo 30% of it.

the guys on a podcast i listen to said it best, (these guys have typically always recommended windows so it held some weight when they discussed this):

> “when i’m on windows it feels like im constantly under attack. whether it’s constant nags for edge, onedrive, online accounts, settings i’ve previously changed turning themselves back on again, recall, copilot, settings buried in registry, etc… only for microsoft to undo them on the next update. i’m constantly on defensive. but with linux i just don’t feel like that.”

they followed up with:

> “linux isn’t perfect, but we can’t ignore that windows just keeps getting worse while linux keeps getting better.

from my perspective it’s just too late, microsoft has done this too many times, i’ve already ordered my parents 2 macbook neos, will be removing my windows partition this weekend from my main desktop to linux. and moving all work and media stuff to my macbook. i’m just done, so tired of feeling exactly how the podcast hosts described, so sick of feeling like i’m constantly on the defensive with windows.

so from my perspective, no microsoft, i will not give you applause for “look at us! we’re working on local only accounts.” you yanked them away, you made them nearly impossible. you actively patched the methods we were using, now you want applause?

I'm curious because Mac OS effectively has the same model. You can use local accounts but it's highly discouraged through dark patterns and selected features of the OS don't work correctly.