You Can’t Get Rid Of It, You Can Only Hide It: Microsoft Imposes Controversial Windows Backup On Users - Gadget Tendency
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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 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

    • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      29•2 years ago

      Imagine how much better the computing landscape would be today if we actually prevented MS from doing anticompetitive and often straight-up illegal stuff in the 90s to gain their monopoly

      • @4am@lemm.eeEnglish
        5•2 years ago

        Actually I kinda don’t want to, because we might not have been quite as driven to get Linux to the point it is at

      • @rwhitisissle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2•2 years ago

        That would require government oversight and accountability. Best I can do is regulatory capture and the continued gutting of American anti-trust law.

      • @voodooattack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31•2 years ago

        Linux has so many options it’s ridiculous. It doesn’t force you to use them or to upload sensitive data to Microsoft’s servers—and therefore the NSA’s—though.