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by eterm 1282 days ago
Every time I do a "big" windows update I get 4-5 nag screens telling me I should sign up and sign in, some of which have "skip" buttons and some of which don't so you have to click "cancel" instead which to most users would probably be scared to do since they'd worry it would cancel everything instead of just "cancelling" the sign in to cloud.
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I agree, but you can move around those screens and keep your account offline.

Do I wish they wouldn’t try to funnel you? Sure, but every tech company does this and no-one bats an eye.

I’m not excusing it, just saying it’s standard behaviour in 2022 and objectively I’d rather click through those rare funnels than not if it gets me modern protections like memory isolation and secure boot.

Also I really like the new UI, but I realise I’m an outlier on this.