According to editor Joel Hruska of ExtremeTech, Windows 11 has a significant regression compared to Windows 10. Specifically, Windows 11 Home will require an internet connection and you must log in with a Microsoft account in order to install it on a PC. In contrast, Windows 10 Home could still be installed offline, with the option to create a local account.
It seems that Microsoft is increasingly forcing users to comply with its wishes.
“That is an absurd requirement,” Joel Hruska remarked. Because you don’t always need an internet connection to use a computer. Although the internet is something that is essential today, there is clearly a difference between using a PC and being online.
I personally will never use a Microsoft account to log into the PC I use at home. I don’t even use a local account and password, as this PC is only used by me and I want it to go straight to the desktop screen without having to enter any password when I turn it on.
Using a Microsoft account, along with a complex password to ensure security online, is completely inappropriate for logging into a personal computer. I don’t need to secure my personal computer like I do for protecting an online account, and I don’t have that need.
However, according to Joel Hruska, what annoys him even more is the way Microsoft is increasingly forcing users to comply with its wishes. Microsoft wants you to upgrade to the new operating system (Windows 10), Microsoft wants you to use Edge as the default browser, and Microsoft wants you to log in with a Microsoft account on your personal computer.
It seems that these things are no longer an option for users, but Microsoft is finding every way to force them to do so. According to Joel Hruska, since the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft has used many tricks and tactics to achieve its goals.
Microsoft has changed the way local accounts are created by hiding the option to make it difficult for users to find. Microsoft created a hidden option to set up a local account when users are offline during Windows 10 installation. “Get Windows 10” helps to download and install Windows, but it feels more like malware than a product created by a leading software company.
The ‘Get Windows 10’ campaign is truly a disaster; this is Microsoft’s effort to “force” users to upgrade to Windows 10. Microsoft deliberately hid the cancel option, causing users to repeatedly see this notification until they actually upgrade to Windows 10. It resembles a form of spam advertising to users.
Until the initial versions of Windows 10 installation, Microsoft allowed users to create a local account without logging into an online account. But starting from version 1809, Microsoft forced users to log into an online account during installation and hid the option to create a local account.
I don’t think that logging into a Microsoft online account during Windows installation is a bad thing. But the bad part is that Microsoft is forcing users to do so, rather than giving them the choice between using an online account or a local account.
It is unclear why Microsoft is doing this. Perhaps it is due to Microsoft’s new business strategy focusing more on services rather than selling software. So they want users to log into online accounts to collect data?
Source: extremetech