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OneDrive automatically backups folders in Windows 11 without users' permissions (windowsreport.com)

submitted 5 months ago by ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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According to the latest reports, Windows 11 has made an independent choice by automatically turning on OneDrive folder backup for Desktop, Pictures, Documents, Music, and Video folders without your permission. This signifies that, whether you approve or not, everything is becoming coordinated with the cloud.

This action from Microsoft fits into a larger pattern where big tech companies cleverly (or not so cleverly) promote their services and subscriptions to users. It isn’t only about Microsoft; there have been instances of Google doing something similar with Google Photos and its storage plans.

Keep an eye on your settings, particularly when you have just finished setting up a new device or updating your operating system. Companies such as Microsoft constantly seek methods to link users with their environments—sometimes without permission.

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[–] vinyl@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Make VR work on Linux

[–] Alatain@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

My understanding is that it is working much better now than a few months ago. I haven't actually put it to the test yet, but it is on my list of things to try once I have time to set up my index again.

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Literally one of the very few things keeping me with a Windows partition, though it doesn't get used very often

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I have it somewhat working on Nobara after SteamVR updated a few weeks back. It works, but is rather unstable and you got to reboot any time it craps out. 6/10 technically functional, but needs work.

It doesn't help that my headset has had odd issues even on Windows since it's refurbished.

[–] vinyl@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Yea I fucked around a lot to make it work, Nobara is usually the most stable one to get vr working but valve keeps pushing out updates that completely fucks up the vr launch process. The other big issue is asynchronous reprojection missing.