this post was submitted on 03 Oct 2023
342 points (85.9% liked)

Technology

59374 readers
3169 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users::Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a "system component" that can't be

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 year ago (18 children)

As a non windows user, can someone explain to be what all the fuss is about? It sounds like people are grumpy that they’re being shown a feature that they can’t use or don’t want to use, and MS is going to let people hide the UI for that.

What is wrong with this solution? Are people not going to be happy until every spec of the feature’s code is stripped from the OS?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (11 children)

The thing is, if you can't uninstall it, then Windows will repeatedly try to shove the feature into your face, until you enable it again

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I got a pop-up that said:
"Hey we have backup to OneDrive now! Do you want to turn it on?". [Yes/no/don't ask again]

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My options were remind me in 1 week, or remind me in 30 days

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Can confirm, I get that on my school computers everytime I boot. Even if I click 30 days. There are no never option

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yes, it's worth noting that some companies will do A/B tests, where one user is offered one choice, and another gets a different one. It's possible for the two of you to have had a different experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I haven't had any pop-up about this.

load more comments (8 replies)
load more comments (14 replies)