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by trinsic2 76 days ago
After Onedrive uploads all of your data to the cloud without your consent it sets all files as online only. Meaning the file will not live on your computer unless you click on it, then it will download a copy of that specific file to your system.

If we didn't have criminals in our government right now I would think that this would be a huge anti-trust violation worth perusing.

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I had to completely nuke OneDrive from windows.

With a 2 terabyte SSD I'm unlikely to ever run out of space.

Automatically opt in and make the settings deliberately vague and obtuse- companies that have FAITH in their product don't need to do this.

Why bother with windows though?
Some people have no choice.
And pray it doesnt get reinstalled and it automatically moves your data back to the cloud again. I had this happened to one customer of mine, not quite sure of the circumstances.