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Windows 11 is now automatically enabling OneDrive folder backup without asking permission (www.neowin.net)
submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The extra extra fun part is to then offer you the opportunity to pay for bigger storage!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The cherry on top, you can't say no. You can only tell them to “ask you later”.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

At least they're being honest with that. You know they'd keep asking you after choosing "no".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I got a great idea.

While we're sucking up every single file, let's also do daily, non incremental backups

We'll hit the free storage limit it no time and then we can start sending DIRE messages about how the users data won't be PROPERLY backed up anymore.

Then we can upsell them in an outrageously priced storage plan that won't even last a year of these daily backups so we can start the process over again.