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		pjc50 10 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I can't upgrade to Windows 11, now leave me alone They just really, really want to force the use of bitlocker on drives, which makes both "evil maid" attacks and data recovery harder. Coincidentally they're also trying to make everyone put everything in OneDrive.

robocat 10 days ago [–]

> everything in OneDrive

Because they want to charge a monthly fee for the profit and share price.

Apple and Android are doing the same thing (using photos backup as the first step to charging monthly).

mcdeltat 9 days ago | [–]

Time to start hoarding data storage hardware before computer vendors make free, local storage impossible?

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