[postgressomethi]

> Imagine booting your computer and having to give an email to login offline.

As much as I hate what modern Windows has become, this is not actually true. If you know the correct sequence of clicks you can avoid this. Not defending this bullshit, though.

[wlesieutre]

They've made it much more difficult than it was even a couple of years ago when you could just install without the computer connected to the internet. Now you have to start with an internet connection and then disconnect partway through and jump through command line hoops to make the installer let you keep installing

https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/install-windows-11-witho...