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

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"?

banichan , 4 months ago

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/69355c3f-2a94-447c-bfd0-3e4662707129.jpeg

snek , 4 months ago

Enough fucking Musk spam, we already know this. We didn't need some rich jackass to validate this.

bigkahuna1986 , 4 months ago

I for one get all my opinions from Elon Musk. Saves time and energy trying to come up with my own!

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.

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...

breakingcups , 4 months ago

Wow, I wonder about his opinion on stubbing your toe.

hperrin , 4 months ago

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

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)

uzay , 4 months ago

No one wants to log in to look at twitter posts either

slurpeesoforion , 4 months ago

No one wants to log in to look at twitter posts either

catloaf , 4 months ago

Hmm yes

Technology

Adderbox76 , 4 months ago

How about we go a step further and say that I don't want to have to sign into ANY online account to access my computer.

If I disconnect my Ethernet cable, I can still log in and get work done. That should be the absolute MINIMUM that is expected of any operating system.

Linux is sometimes a royal pain in the ass, but it's for precisely that reason that it's important that it and Foss options like it are supported.

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?

NoiseColor , 4 months ago

Not really a contraversial opinion.

beirut_bootleg , 4 months ago

Wow so bold!

shortwavesurfer , 4 months ago

Who uses Windows 11 anyway? I've personally been running Linux since 2017, and rarely have to touch Windows these days.

dogslayeggs , 4 months ago

Who uses Windows 11 anyway?

Roughly 19.5% of all computers worldwide run Windows 11. While I don't know the exact number of computers in the world, that has to be in the multiple billions. So, yeah, a lot of people use Windows 11.