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omg fr. Literally 2 days ago I had to Google an issue and fix it because APPARENTLY OneDrive wanted to randomly store some terraria files and would cause the game to crash anytime you try to load a game. That's bad enough as is but the game would say "Error regarding exit point in floating point variable" or some other jargon like that, I don't really remember it. And thus began my 45 minute journey to figure out what's causing it.

Trying to play a simple game with my brother during a stressful time in our lives and dealing with his computer pulling random bs was so annoying. I miss when you could just plug in another controller :(

For IT purposes, i fuckin' love it. Forced sync of Desktop and Documents folders for users, all the email is server-side. no more bitching about data loss. "Did you use one drive like you said you would when you clicked "OK" to that user agreement?"

Teams is worse!

Lol why exactly we all hate one drive? I forgor, never used it actually.

I found the one guy who likes OneDrive. He really advocated for its use during our last meeting with the others of the media team I'm in. I can't stand the tool, as it keeps demanding I pay the microsoft tax

Ah yes, the memories of not being able to put stuff in my documents because "onedrive is out of space" which is when I figured out what onedrive was

I use a Mac for work and I’m saddened to say I do have to use OneDrive, and that it unsurprisingly sucks absolute ass.

OneDrive does exist on macOS.

So what would be better alternatives? I do not plan to self-host.

I think OneDrive is just fine.

I primarily use it for my Windows PCs, I have it installed on my Macs. Rarely need anything in there from Linux, but it’s nice to be able to pop in from a browser and grab something.

I work in an IT Support role for a lot of users, and I think that OneDrive is the ideal backup for the average Windows user / basic consumer. It covers the folders that most people care about, offers versioning of files, and even ensures that I’m not needed when they transition to a new device even if their previous device does not turn on anymore.

The only people not on the meme are the IT procurement people at my work

share point, one drive, dynamics, office 365, teams.

They're all ganged up with their swords pointed at me just trying to do some work.

Together they've managed unseated oracle as the arch nematode, even thogh none of them actually do anything that i need - apart from maybe filing cabinet.

The part that bothers me the most about OneDrive is that it redirects the users Documents/Downloads/etc folders to its own entirely breaking stuff (and making it painfully difficult to find where files went because either it's in Documents or Documents which are entirely different directories on the hard drive of course. This is particularly agregious given Microsoft already has a really well-made shadowcopy/file history solution which lets you restore files or grab old versions of files straight from the right-click menu. So if OneDrive was simply an optional filehistory endpoint it would be far less reviled. Instead they do this ass backwards redirect that kinda works but makes a mess of things once software not made by companies named Microsoft enters the picture.

Don't forget about SharePoint

This meme was just making the rounds on Lemmy like a week ago

Actually, OneDrive works great on Mac.

Or it did in 2021 when I finished school. I stopped using it when my tuition stopped paying for it.

No annoying pop-ups on Mac OS, just a folder that would sync automatically. I could drop school work through the browser and it would be on my drive by the time I got home.