I’m sure there’s a gazillion “I tried Linux for a week” articles, and I really like that they turned this one around.
But it has little substance.
He tells us how to add a user in Linux, but “with Windows 11, I pretty much had to sell my soul, do a backflip, promise to kneel at the foot of Microsoft, and learn to fly. OK, that’s what it felt like.” That’s all. I’d have expected technical detail here. The other points aren’t much better imho.
That said they’re 100% correct on some points, and kinda correct on most others, e.g.: accidentally installing borderline malware through the Windows store is still Windows’ fault, if indirectly.
I would love some more details as well about why they found it so difficult. I tried it myself just now without really knowing how to, and it was pretty easy. You either find the option by searching, or go to Settings -> Accounts -> Other Users -> Add account.
They do try getting you to add a Microsoft account first and you have to choose “I don’t have this person’s sign-in information” and “Add a user without a Microsoft account” which is the only other option than Cancel at that point to continue, then you set the username and password and you’re done. To be clear, it would be better if they immediately gave you a clear option between local user and Microsoft account, but I would hardly call it selling your soul and whatnot.
But Microsoft for sure deserve most of the complaints they’re getting and it’s only getting worse.
I’m sure there’s a gazillion “I tried Linux for a week” articles, and I really like that they turned this one around.
But it has little substance.
He tells us how to add a user in Linux, but “with Windows 11, I pretty much had to sell my soul, do a backflip, promise to kneel at the foot of Microsoft, and learn to fly. OK, that’s what it felt like.” That’s all. I’d have expected technical detail here. The other points aren’t much better imho.
That said they’re 100% correct on some points, and kinda correct on most others, e.g.: accidentally installing borderline malware through the Windows store is still Windows’ fault, if indirectly.
Yeah, kinda disappointing how superficial this article is
I would love some more details as well about why they found it so difficult. I tried it myself just now without really knowing how to, and it was pretty easy. You either find the option by searching, or go to Settings -> Accounts -> Other Users -> Add account.
They do try getting you to add a Microsoft account first and you have to choose “I don’t have this person’s sign-in information” and “Add a user without a Microsoft account” which is the only other option than Cancel at that point to continue, then you set the username and password and you’re done. To be clear, it would be better if they immediately gave you a clear option between local user and Microsoft account, but I would hardly call it selling your soul and whatnot.
But Microsoft for sure deserve most of the complaints they’re getting and it’s only getting worse.
Maybe they saw a Mandatory arbitration clause in the ToS when creating a MS account?