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Microsoft has blocked the bypass that allowed you to create a local account during Windows 11 setup by typing in a blocked email address (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Wow.. it's like Microsoft really does want to lose customers. Welp.. I guess I have to find a linux distro as my main driver. Ubuntu seems so damn user friendly and "mainstream" I might just stick to that. I'd play around with ArchLinux or Fedora, but fkin lol at a noob trying to setup either one through terminal/commands.

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That’s the thing, they have such a monopoly, they are sort of impervious to losing customers. That trope is long dead. The belief that a mega corp can be dethroned thru sales hasn’t been a thing for nearly 20 years. MS has a monopoly on personal computers. The only they don’t control is mobile (and likely never will). But when it comes to desktop and laptops, they are untouchable.

[–] GamingChairModel@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

they have such a monopoly

The major weakness in their desktop OS market dominance isn't from other desktop OSes. MacOS, ChromeOS, and traditional desktop Linux distros prevent Windows from being a total monopoly, but there's no doubt that Windows has quite a bit of market power.

The real competitive threat to Windows is from people who decide to not use a desktop computer at all. Between tablets and phones, there are a lot of people who no longer feel the need to have a laptop or desktop at all, for personal use.

And on that front, Windows being shittier than phones and tablets will cause people to slow down their upgrade cycle and maybe avoid using a traditional personal computer at all.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

But all businesses will have to buy office 365 subscriptions

[–] Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You set up Fedora desktop distros with a GUI installer.

[–] bizzle@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If Ubuntu works for you then by all means use it, but if you're a computer guy already installing Arch the long way isn't that hard and they even have an install script now.

[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh nice! I think it was around 2018 when I attempted to install Arch. I'll check it out again sometime this week.

[–] jsqribe@lemm.ee 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or just use one of the forks like EndeavourOS which takes away all that work.

[–] StaySquared@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Noted!