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L4sBot Oct 3, 2023

You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users

https://lemmy.world/post/6209284

You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users - Lemmy.world

You can’t get rid of it, you can only hide it: Microsoft imposes controversial Windows Backup on users::Like it or not, the Windows Backup app installed in Windows 10 and Windows 11 is here to stay, with Microsoft calling it a “system component” that can’t be

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Ghostalmedia Oct 3, 2023

As a non windows user, can someone explain to be what all the fuss is about? It sounds like people are grumpy that they’re being shown a feature that they can’t use or don’t want to use, and MS is going to let people hide the UI for that.

What is wrong with this solution? Are people not going to be happy until every spec of the feature’s code is stripped from the OS?

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my_hat_stinks Oct 4, 2023

It sounds like people are grumpy that they’re being shown a feature that they can’t use or don’t want to use,

That’s the problem right there. They’re trying to sell you a new feature. That’s an ad. Ads have no place in an operating system.

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chinpokomon

When does something become an OS feature and when is it an add-on? Consider the use case. If you need to make a backup or restore data from one, by having this as part of the OS it is always available. It’s line having vi installed; it comes with every Linux distro, but a lot of folks use Emacs. It makes sense that this should be a system component.