I Will Never Use a Microsoft Account to Log Into My Own PC
Microsoft has been using this dark pattern for a while now.<p>Around 1-2 years ago, I upgraded MS Office on my Windows laptop. It asked me for my username&#x2F;password-- which I didnt think strange, as I assumed it needed it to upgrade.<p>And thats when I got a message &quot;Good news! Your Windows machine now uses your Microsoft to login.&quot;<p>W.T.F.<p>I was never asked, never warned, just tricked into replacing my local login with an online one.<p>Took me 10-20 minutes of Googling to get my original setting back.<p>I have now turned off ALL updates for Windows-- it is my backup machine, for a few programs that only run on Windows.<p>Every update on Windows scared me (and still does), as I dont know what dark pattern they will try this time.