Windows 11 effectively forces users to register with a Microsoft account. Once that's established, all it takes is for an unaware user to fill out an e-commerce form and save an address for auto-fill.

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jborean93 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> Windows 11 effectively forces users to register with a Microsoft account.

While it's definitely a dark pattern that I 100% do not agree with, Pro editions still allow you to do a local account. No need for the oobe /bypass command, still can be done through the OOBE GUI setup by selecting a Work/School account option then selecting Sign in options to then specify a local account to create.

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clear0250 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Windows 11 effectively forces users to register with a Microsoft account.

It takes zero effort to bypass that with Rufus, if you set up your own pc.

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BitwiseFool 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

My comment was in regard to the average PC user. The kinds of folks who would never install an operating system and would likely agree to use Edge while signed in to their Microsoft account.

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		Microsoft has also been pushing hard for Recall and recording all local activity forever. Not impossible to imagine that anything looking like a home address “somehow” gets ingested in the telemetry.

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AngryData 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

A bypass existing is good, needing a bypass in the first place is still a problem.