• Plastic_Ramses@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    These types of posts just remind me how bad people are at using computers.

    Ive used windows 11 since it came out. I disable onedrive on the same day. I have never, ever seen this bullshit.

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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        5 months ago

        Can we have one mention of windows or macOS without someone coming shilling Linux all smug and superior?

        I’m extremely tech savvy, a software engineer and nerd of decades, so I got sick of seeing all the Linux stuff and decided to wipe windows last week.

        Installed fedora, set up networking and then the Nvidia Proprietary drivers and did whatever it needed to do with secure boot.

        Powered off and on and boom no network connectivity at all and not sure what happened.

        Suffice to say it piqued my inner nerd and I’ll put hours into setting this up again as it’s fun, I’ve gone Arch btw, but let’s not pretend that the average user is going to have an easier experience than they would on windows or Mac.

    • shneancy@lemmy.world
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      5 months ago

      i’m baffled by people who use one drive, especially in its default setting where it saves all your shit in the cloud. Even if they have a perfectly stable Internet 24/7, do they not feel weird having a company keep their files on some drive they’ll never see? do they even know this is what’s happening?

      • SparrowRanjitScaur@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        Is cloud storage a new concept to you? Have you not heard of iCloud or Google drive? Cloud backups make a lot of sense for a lot of people. Just don’t put sensitive information on there.

        • shneancy@lemmy.world
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          5 months ago

          why would i trust a company with my files when i can simply make my own backups on my own disks without having to pay ransome (subscription) to access my things

          • BehindTheBarrier@programming.dev
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            5 months ago

            My own disks won’t survive the house burning down, and while obviously feasible, aren’t accessible when I’m not home. I don’t need it often, but sometimes I do. But the extra safety of a cloud disk is nice.

        • ITGuyLevi@programming.dev
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          5 months ago

          Some employees create sym links in their OneDrive folder back to other folders… Instant VC for all those pesky junk files

      • 1luv8008135@lemmy.world
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        5 months ago

        do they not feel weird having a company keep their files on some drive they’ll never see?

        It’s not just some drive, it’s one drive!

        do they even know this is what’s happening?

        Take a wild guess…

        Your average pc/tech user is so far removed from having or needing any tech knowledge. Convenience is everything. As long as it works, who cares how it works… and that’s how we ended up with basically everyone walking around with devices in our pockets that can track our location in real time, have microphones which are always on and listening, with cameras that point directly at our faces when we use said devices.

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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      5 months ago

      There’s something that strikes me as fundamentally hilarious that “good with computers” in the Windows world means “disabling all of Windows’ pushy services that rip control from the user and sell their data.”

      Like “I think I’m pretty good with computers!”

      “Oh yeah? How much of Windows have you managed to sabotage so it stays out of your way?”

      LMAO . It could be such a good OS but its dark and anyi-patterns are truly bizarre.

  • HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com
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    5 months ago

    yeah especially funny given many times I dumped a load of things like pictures of my dad after he died. Oh look int 2016 your dad was drafted into the korean war and took a picture in his uniform before he left.

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
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      5 months ago

      It’s from their pictures folder, which is backed up by one drive and might include a screenshot folder or something of the sort. OP just needs to choose what to backup instead of just letting it backup everything.

  • Kalkaline @leminal.space
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    5 months ago

    There’s nothing nefarious happening here. OP is just backing up everything OneDrive asks them about. This happened with my Telegram images and I had a bunch of memes get backed up.

  • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Super easy for the technologically illiterate to have their pornography displayed front and center for all your co workers to see which will never not be funny