Elon Musk finally says something we can all agree on: No one wants to have to log in with a Microsoft Account on Windows 11

Cyyy , 2 months ago

and at the same time he only lets you use twitter with an account and killed thirdparty apps on mobile.

KingThrillgore , 4 months ago

Can't believe I have to agree with this asshole for once.

Also, can't you just use pGina or GPO in place of a Microsoft account?

RedditWanderer , 4 months ago

This just in: broken clock is right twice a day.

Fiivemacs , 4 months ago

Not if broken because it's missing the hands

SkyNTP , 4 months ago

It's implied it has hands.

KingThrillgore , 4 months ago

Oh dear, its 0:00. Time for me to go home...

nac82 , 4 months ago

He's literally wrong. You can set up windows 11 devices without a sign in.

While being wrong about this, the idiot forces sign in to use twitter...

Pantherina , 4 months ago

This shithead posts the stupidest shit and people make it viral.

I understand how people are fucked up about that

Sanctus , 4 months ago

Just like no one wants to sign into Twitter to read one tweet.

Octopus1348 , 4 months ago

I mean, I don't like that either but it doesn't affect links to tweets.

nix , 4 months ago

It very often does

TheEntity , 4 months ago

Single tweets are rarely useful without being able to read some context that isn't visible without logging in.

tsonfeir , 4 months ago

Send me a link

Octopus1348 , 4 months ago

https://twitter.com/LinusTech/status/1762585367176511694?s=19

It doesn't show replies though.

tsonfeir , 4 months ago

The link works for me.

qupada , 4 months ago

It does however affect getting updates from government agencies, and others who insist on only disseminating real-time information to the public via Twitter.

For instance: https://twitter.com/WakaKotahiWgtn

This is the account for traffic events (road closures, traffic accidents, etc) in my city. Not signed in, the latest visible post is from February 2023.

Since I don't have a twitter account, this is now functionally useless.

Fiivemacs , 4 months ago

Go to the city's website, they should still have that information accessable via government sites. Buried, but it should still exist.

BassTurd , 4 months ago

While true, the point is that Twitter does require sign in to view content, regardless of that information is elsewhere.

breden , 4 months ago

Have you tried contacting your government for this issue? From my experience public services are often open about Mastodon once they realize it's the same thing as Twitter, but accessible to everyone.

BassTurd , 4 months ago

I have not. I personally don't live in a region where disaster notices are often necessary and I don't have offspring that I have to care for that may be affected, so I'm not really the demographic for the service. I do hope more and more start branching out to the likes of Mastodon or maybe better yet, hosting their own instances.

threelonmusketeers , 4 months ago

the latest visible post is from February 2023

If you scroll down far enough, there are posts from March and August, but they were "less popular" tweets. Incredibly annoying move by twitter. Who wants to regularly view tweets sorted by "Top All Time"?

ZeroCool , 4 months ago

Ugh... I guess it's time to dust off this classic:

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Kbobabob , 4 months ago

A great point? It's not even true.

nac82 , 4 months ago

He's an idiot. You don't have to sign in to windows 11 to set it up, I literally do this daily. Not to mention corporate computers shouldn't be seeing the personal computer sign in screen to begin with unless it's in the hands of IT like me who would know what to do with it.

There used to be a skip button until about a month ago. Now, you just have to input bad creds and move forward.

Unlike Twitter, which actually locks down most of its site without an account...

Idiot just doesn't like getting called out for his idiocy and hypocrisy.

General_Shenanigans , 4 months ago

Oh, there’s no way Elon wants a machine with a company image on it.

He probably bought a Win11 S-mode laptop, not knowing what that was.

BestBouclettes , 4 months ago

Buy Microsoft you fucking coward

Octopus1348 , 4 months ago

I'd be happy. But too late to make Windows 10's name Windows X, so it probably won't happen.

dhork , 4 months ago

He can rename it Windows X11 and piss off everyone

Octopus1348 , 4 months ago

Lmao

Pistcow , 4 months ago

The entire global economy is held together by Excel. No thank you

BestBouclettes , 4 months ago

We still have COBOL and AS400. We'll be fine!

RmDebArc_5 , 4 months ago

You mean Xcel?

jamyang , 4 months ago

Can't Libre Office take the place of MSO?

ctobrien84 , 4 months ago

You don't have to. It isn't required. I setup end points everyday with local users.

AChiTenshi , 4 months ago

For the general consumer Microsoft is making it as hidden as possible to make a local user during installation.

When I had to reinstall windows a month or two ago the option to make a local machine user was not there until I unplugged the ethernet or brought up a terminal to force the installer to show the option.

IHawkMike , 4 months ago

To be fair, for the average consumer there are huge advantages to using a MSA.

Both Windows Hello and OneDrive bring both security and convenience to non-technical people in a big way.

There is no good reason the average non-techie user should be using a local Windows account in a cloud world.

mihies , 4 months ago

Even if it is so, giving a clear and easy option to opt for local account instead, would be the right way.

Adderbox76 , 4 months ago

There's plenty of reason, especially looking at what's been happening in the last year.

I PAID for that computer (presumably with a hard drive) so why should I have to agree to my data being stored in someone elses server to be used to train the AI that will eventually land microsoft support services workers on the unemployment line?

Step one: I buy a computer.

Step two: Computer manufacture pays MS a licensing fee.

Step three: MS takes all of our data and trains their AI, which they can then monetize for use by other companies, making even more money.

Step four: Microsoft's AI replaces basic Frontline workers (tech support, help lines, bug tickets, etc...) saving even MORE money.

Why in the actual hell would I contribute to that?

IHawkMike , 4 months ago

So you classify yourself as an average consumer or a non-techie when it comes to computers?

Adderbox76 , 4 months ago

I generally consider myself half-way between the two, leaning more towards techie than normal consumer. I use Linux, I know how a computer works and what all the hardware does. But I don't program (except for easy stuff like lua), I don't build Linux from scratch or compile source code, etc... etc... etc...

I just want a computer that works, and a computer that, if I unplug my internet, I can still log on and use my word processor, or drawing application, etc...

butter , 4 months ago

Business class is a different license. Likely enterprise or volume.

It requires some registry or command line crap to deal with it on consumer grade Windows.

SaltySalamander , 4 months ago

Command line crap? yes. Registry crap? No.

just_another_person , 4 months ago

Who gives a fuckingdickleshit about this asshole

Haha , 4 months ago

No one. These are just bots shilling.

ripcord , 4 months ago

Everyone is a bot.

Even you ...

Haha , 4 months ago

Each comment section hates the posts about elon yet they keep popping up as if it was interesting. I mean its clear to me, but hmm, what if i was a bot. That would be fun for a day.

femboy_bird , 4 months ago

I'm not a boy (I'm three bots in a trenchcoat)

werefreeatlast , 4 months ago

I also hate having to login every 10 minutes to another windows password shit because hey it's secure!

hperrin , 4 months ago

Cool yeah, no one wants to have to log in with a Twitter account either.

Jayb151 , 4 months ago

You could just put in a made up email and pass. I personally go with 123@fake.com

Psaldorn , 4 months ago

Wait until he uses Geforce Experience.. oh boy. Every time it makes me log in AND THEN VERIFY MY EMAIL.

BombOmOm , 4 months ago

Luckily AMD cards (and their control software) don't have this requirement.

SaltySalamander , 4 months ago

I legit haven't used GFE since they began requiring a login to use it.

empireOfLove2 , 4 months ago

The more funny part of this statement is he's too fucking dumb to Google "set up windows 11 without Microsoft account" and follow exactly 3 steps to bypass the OOBE wizard.

Diotima , 4 months ago

To be fair, the option is pretty easy to miss for someone who isn't technical. Font size -11000 and grwy or whatever, though I might exaggerate.

conciselyverbose , 4 months ago

They break whatever process people use whenever they feel like it.

Whether the loopholes are incompetence or just for the sake of them being able to claim "you don't need an account", they definitely aren't stable and consistent options. And it's pretty clear that at some point they're going to cross the line and just make you have an account.

ChaoticNeutralCzech , 4 months ago

What? Ctrl+F10 for Command Prompt and then oobe\bypassnro has always worked, and I don't see Microsoft removing it anytime soon. Who do you think put the bypassnro.bat script in the OOBE directory on every Windows installation media?