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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-squareMidnitte@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·22 hours agoIts not like Microsoft advertises this - they explicitly obfuscate and make things opt out
minus-squarevoodooattack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·edit-21 day 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-squarethe_riviera_kid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·1 day 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-down1·1 day 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-down1·1 day 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…
Its not like Microsoft advertises this - they explicitly obfuscate and make things opt out
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
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.