Microsoft has removed the “use offline account” option when installing Windows
This is incredibly bad.<p>In general I have a positive opinion about what MS is doing lately, but Windows is a glaring exception, it’s getting worse and worse at an alarming rate.<p>In the last two months we had two consecutive updates that broke basic functionality for users who disabled web results in Windows Search (which is a very common setting among those who care about privacy) <a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-1903-microsoft-details-search-fix-as-new-update-bug-hits/" rel="nofollow">https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-10-1903-microsoft-deta...</a><p>Now, MS is trying to force upon customers this cloud login garbage, which is obviously not acceptable if you are privacy conscious.<p>I build my own PCs and have spent hundreds of dollars in Windows 10 retail licenses, I pay for the service so I don’t want to be the product.<p>I’ve always assumed that I’m locked into using Windows but after all this crap I’m starting to look into alternatives even though they’v got shortcomings on their own.<p>(Edit: replaced Amp link with real link, sorry I didn’t realise it was Amp)