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I deleted my google accounts today
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this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2023
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You can actually use windows without an account. When installing windows, they will force you to log in. But If you simply use an account that has been blocked it will create a local user instead of an online user. People use no@thankyou.com and it works well
Thanks for the tip!
Or just don't connect the PC to the internet during the installation.
Or, when it looks like you no longer have a choice, click Back and you will then be given that choice.
I feel like Amazon would be easier than MS and Google, wouldn't it?
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Yeah. Deleting accounts, easy enough. Boycotting, much less-so.
Microsoft is already done same with google I have like one niche product that I have not found a place outside of lime a singular stellar on Amazon to buy from
but i don't want to lose my ability to play minecraft
(yes i know about minetest)