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In addition to monthly reminders to use Microsoft Edge and Microsoft 365, Windows 11 now recommends using OneDrive. A recent Windows Update triggers a full-screen pop-up for OneDrive, which looks like the OOBE (out-of-the-box experience) that typically pops up when you install Windows 11 for the first time.

First spotted by Windows Latest, Windows 11 has a new pop-up titled “Let’s back up your files,” which appears automatically when you start your PC.

It’s worth noting that OneDrive’s free storage is limited to 5GB, so you need to buy storage to use the Windows Backup feature. It isn’t practically possible to backup your complete PC to OneDrive in the long run unless you have empty folders.

Also, if you do manage to skip the OneDrive pop-up when booting Windows, you’ll see another notification that warns your PC that it is not fully backed up with an alert icon.

It isn’t possible to pause or remove these alerts and full-screen pop-ups in Windows 11 if you live outside the European Union.

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 months ago (6 children)

You may think Linux users are annoying but to be fair Microsoft is frankly begging for the "btw you should use linux" comments with every new windows update

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (5 children)

The more users switch to linux, the more windows will need to cater to those users to get them to come back.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

As someone who recently made the switch, and felt the immediate relief when I started using an OS that wasn't actively fighting me, I can't foresee what Windows could possibly do to convince me to go back. If my distro enshittifies I'll just switch to a different distro. Fuck the corpos.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Also recently made the switch, and I agree.

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