• FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au
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    3 hours ago

    If you’ve signed in to a MS account you have your bitlocker encryption key and won’t lose any data.

    and forced obsolescence refers to Win11 blocking everything prior to Zen+ and Coffee Lake

    Because Win11 uses features that that hardware doesn’t have. Win10 is still there and still works. You can’t stop progress forever.

    and not all people are comfortable with having to sign up for an online account just to install their OS and would rather make a local account if possible;

    Sure, but most are fine with it especially with the benefits it brings. For older people it’s an absolute godsend, as all their files are automatically backed up to onedrive and accessible on any computer.

    Also, I didn’t know local backups of your data ala simply copying it to an external drive at the minimum, weren’t an option that existed anymore. sarcasm

    What are you talking about?