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Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works

Anon notices what they've taken from us (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by Early_To_Risa@sh.itjust.works to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works

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[–] littlecolt@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Microsoft is already trying hard. My poor mom did not notice all her files are on OneDrive. Now she has two laptops with everything remote on OneDrive. It's has some advantages, but it's annoying in so many more ways.

[–] Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 months ago

There's a setting in Onedrive to keep a copy of everything on the device. It will still get stored in the cloud too, but it means that everything will be available if the internet goes down.

[–] umulu@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's not annoying at all. It's peace of mind. People are just not used to it

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

No, its kidnapping your data to keep you trapped as their customer. If you want peace of mind, you can make your own backups.

[–] umulu@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I didn't criticize anyone, I didn't disrespect anyone, so it's surprising getting this many downvotes and answers.

Still, it's your opinion, and I will still share mine.

Local backups have their flaws, just like cloud backups.

I have 1TB storage using my school account. I am constantly changing between devices, and I like having my files always accessible.

Everything important, I keep in two local backups (external HDD and SSD).

The only thing I dislike about onedrive, is the sync of desktop, documents and images folder. I have turned that off, but my docs folder still appears to be syncing with onedrive.

Besides that, it's the best thing for me. And like I said... "Peace of mind". Just because you don't like that, it does not mean it is a bad solution.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I fell victim to that :(

[–] TheSlad@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

A few years ago my ex got a new laptop and it had onedrive enabled system-wide by default. She didn't realize until after she had been using it for months, I had to spend several hours backing up her files and defenestrating onedrive. It not as simple as just turning it off because it was even on critical system folders, you have to go in the registry and remap the those folders manually one at time before you can disable it.

It is possible, but it fucking sucks.