Note: the MacOS part is false
So in other words, just switch to Linux already
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Reminds me of the most traumatic conversation I've had in a good while, which included the following (abridged) exchange:
Me: You do know that, if payment for your yearly M365 fees fails for some reason, or you simply don't want or don't care about it anymore and let your subscription expire, you will get read-only access to your OWN data, which is stored in YOUR computer, and unable to create new files in Office ?
Him: So what? If you have a newspaper subscription and you stop paying, you won't get the newspaper anymore, that's just how subscriptions work.
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I am not talking about a 10 year old. This is a 50+ year old dude who does entrepreneur's consulting for a living.
Claim: you don't need a Microsoft account to run windows. Here's how.
Step 1: set up a Microsoft account.
Finally, some sense.
Just make a burner first-born for the initial sacrifice pledge & then make other local children as you please.
The only thing you need a Microsoft account for is to play Minecraft. And use other Microsoft products and services that Microsoft keeps pushing their terrible account system on.
You can actually download and play minecraft without a Microsoft account in multiple ways.
You can. It is in fact possible to play Minecraft without any code from Microsoft, as there are alternative implementations for both the frontend and the server. You can't play on regular servers that way, though.
With Windows 10 eol coming up, I installed Bazzite on my buddies computer. All he uses it for is games, browser and editing the occasional document. The transition has been really seemless so far, and he is not technologically adept in the slightest.
For those who do want to continue to use Windows 10 after EOL, 0patch is providing post-EOL security updates.
Linux is really mature nowadays. I spent like five hours getting my NIC to work back in 2006 on my laptop. Now, it all seems to work pretty seamlessly. For people who just want to use a basic GUI and press “install” buttons, I think it’s perfectly fine.
It's even simpler than I stalling windows.
Dave is amazing, and his content on YouTube is very entertaining. This is a pragmatic answer for those who want or need Windows in some capacity, and then want to go on a use local accounts. Have some decency and recognize good advice when you see it.
It's useful information for those who need it, but the way it is presented sounds delusional and contradictory.
He says you don't need a Microsoft account, but goes on to explain actually you do need a Microsoft account.
It just sounds like pure cope.
For some people even needing a burner account is absolutely off the table and in no way a solution, and the fact of the matter is that an account is now required.
> Content creator who got massive recognition for Windows and used to work for Microsoft
> looks inside
> Windows
I swear the people in this sub behave like Christian missionaries
It only really works if you maintain access to a burner account, which might be difficult in the long term.
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Idk about you guys but I got sick of using an os that obviously doesn't want me to use it.
Ima start making charcoal wood, gathering mesquite as I wander about the southwestern part of our country for the rest of eternity.
Linux install: maybe 10 or 15 minutes tops from booting USB to desktop access, login is local, network connection is optional.
I installed Linux on a friend's old laptop in an attempt to wring a few more years out of it, and they told me that they were surprised at how easy to use it was. I think most people just struggle with feeling intimidated. There is a bit of a learning curve, but the main obstacle is getting over that initial inertia
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You don't even need Microsoft burner account
Rufus takes care of it for you and sets up the usb image to bypass.
Unfortunately, 2025 was not the year of Linux for my new HTPC due to some weird EDID incompatibilities between my LG and the Intel arc iGPU on several different distro. Refused to allow for 1440p outside of 120hz and refused to go above 60hz at 4k.
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Can't tell if he's joking considering all of his videos as a former MSFT engineer.
Then again, he is a former MSFT engineer lol.
All you have to do is a domain join now. No skipping the OOBE via command line, etc.
He's a former Microsoft engineer for those who don't know
Since everyone is dogging on Dave for his MacOS comment - I doubt he even realized MacOS has a "skip" option for the Apple ID.
Weird hill to die on, guys.
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David Plumber is a former Windows engineer, and has a YouTube channel where he shares stories about his time at Microsoft.
Of course he has positive Windows opinions, and of course he yaps about it like he’s an expert: because he is
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