> Some Windows Insiders will see a refreshed SCOOBE screen (Second Chance Out of Box Experience)

Glad they have such a cute acronym that, when unwrapped, still doesn't reveal what it truly is (trying to trick you into enabling Microsoft services every time your PC updates)

I have already told my expensive PC 1000 times that I don't want to use Edge or OneDrive. It continues to harass me about it during general use (random pop-ups to enable OneDrive have the option to remind me in a week or a month, no "leave me alone, stop asking"), and every update too needs to try and trick me into opting in. There's absolutely no end to which Microsoft isn't willing to tastelessly abuse their lock-in.

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isodev 31 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> trying to trick you into enabling Microsoft services

Consider that “lucky” e.g. Apple re-enables Siri/Apple Intelligence every now and then without even asking.

	▲	hbn 10 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I use a Mac for work and pretty much any personal productivity stuff. Apple has its own problems but it's nowhere near as bad as Microsoft. I don't use Siri on my Mac but I've never cared if it's enabled cause it never makes you aware of itself unless you reach for it? They do have the issue of the forced Apple Intelligence + giant model in Golden Gate and I think they're gonna be forced to let people disable that, if not only for enterprise customers that have policy restrictions on AI usage. But again, none of this is as intrusive as my default browser suddenly being changed, or having my local files being uploaded to Microsoft's servers without me wanting it.
	▲	kolinko 11 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		What? Do you have source for that? I googled and didn't find anyone complaining about this.

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yonatan8070 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

My grandma nearly fell for one of those. Luckily her card refused it for one reason or another, but we could have easily not known about it for months of paying for Office for no reason.

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chuckadams 36 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What's infuriating is that I wouldn't mind this process at all if they just made it something you can run by hand. I wouldn't even care if it added a highlight in the start menu to point it out. But constantly re-asking for things I've repeatedly declined is the very definition of harrassment.

Is there a registry setting that disables SCOOBE completely? If not, maybe a service that hard-kills it if it ever detects it runnning?

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gadrev an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Wow it's so lame. "SCOOBE". Just to shove Edge et al in your face.

> This redesigned screen is meant to be more intuitive and streamlined, allowing you to choose the recommended settings you want for your PC without having to navigate through multiple setup screens.

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bah.

	▲	saghm 5 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		"The recommended settings you want" is a wild turn of the phrase. Unless I want exactly what they're recommending, they can't possibly be both.
	▲	hbn 40 minutes ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I guess I'll give them credit for reducing multiple screens of upsell trickery with UI anti-patterns to a single screen of upsell trickery with UI anti-patterns. But I'd still prefer zero.
	▲	Nevermark 9 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		> allowing you to choose the recommended settings you want for your PC … Okay? … > without having to navigate through multiple setup screens [which have been greatly enhanced, expanded, and complexified for temporarily choosing any settings other than the “recommended” settings, that we know you don’t want]. Ah. There it is.