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😂 Elon Musk just crawled from under a rock and discovered something that has been bothering people for years. It is just too funny not to share this one. (files.mastodon.social)

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Image description: Elon Musk & X @elonmusk • 42m Just bought a new PC laptop and it won't let me use it unless I create a Microsoft account, which also means giving their Al access to my computer! This is messed up. There used to be an option to skip signing into or creating a Microsoft account. Are you seeing this too? This is not cool of Microsoft.

(Originally published on mastodon.social: 2024-02-25)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

@[email protected] huh, wow, the OOBE doesn't have an "I am too rich and powerful to have to put up with this" option?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

@[email protected] You can usually skip creating the m$ account if you don't connect the computer to the internet

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

@[email protected] Literally only got as far as skip mi in a Google search bar before the first recommendation was skip microsoft account windows 11 which has a bunch of functional guides to doing exactly what it says on the tin. Good grief. This guy has more money than is ethical or reasonable largely from Internet businesses and he can't figure out how to solve his own problems with a quick Internet search. What a fucking tool.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

@[email protected] I think this will change the minds of Microsofts management, as all they ever did was done with the intention of being cool

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

@[email protected]

I don't use Microsoft or Tesla products, myself, but don't Teslas also have an assortment of DRM, "phone home", surveillance, and network control anti-features?

Seems to be a degree of low self-awareness going on here? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

👆 Late stage capitalist discovers late stage capitalism. It's almost too funny, but it's true. Source:

twitter.com/elonmusk/status/17…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

@[email protected] For anyone wondering, I went through this recently and the secret is to first try to login with “admin” username and any password. The login will fail and then you’re prompted to create a local account without needing a Microsoft account. It’s possible you also have to skip the initial Wi-Fi setup.

Although, even not using a Microsoft doesn’t prevent Windows from collecting heaps of data, including possibly for AI training. Having Musk express the same kind of technical ignorance as people he probably would have branded as luddite himself is quite ironic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

[email protected] then for the password anything you want then it lets you make a local account

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