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Dammit OneDrive (lemmy.ca)

submitted 6 days ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[-] konalt@lemmy.world 106 points 6 days ago

I want to save to onedrive, the one drive on my computer.

[-] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 6 days ago

YOU HAVE A VIRUS!!

Download NORTON NOW!!!

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[-] Trashboat 94 points 6 days ago

OneDrive usurping my folders and data, siphoning it to their servers without my permission (just like a virus) is exactly why I switched to Linux. It’s such a breath of fresh air not feeling like every update is trying to monetize and enshittify my computer more

[-] airbussy@lemmy.one 28 points 6 days ago

Honestly OneDrive replacing the local folders is what made me fully switch to Linux

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 20 points 5 days ago

auto-enabling that is, perhaps, the single most annoying thing they've done to windows. like you don't even get a fucking choice when they do it, they just take your data.... which adds 'most frightening thing done' as well.

and onedrive is also configured to cloud-first. you don't even have your files on your hardware unless you go back and access them again (so they're re-downloaded) or reconfigure onedrive to put them all back.

[-] Trashboat 12 points 5 days ago

It seriously pissed me off so much. Like how could I possibly trust the OS after that? Literally just like a virus! Windows has pissed me off for a solid decade but that was waaay too far over the line for me to shrug it off yet again

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[-] JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 33 points 5 days ago

You know whats cool? Office programs like excel and word have an 'autosave toggle', and you know what it does? "Please log into one drive to enable autosave".
Thats right, you cant have a local autosave, you MUST be saving to one drive.
Cool, thanks, no.

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Ctrl+S

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 days ago

Why do you continue to use software that abuses you? Try LibreOffice or even Google.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

Some of us have to use Windows at work. It's awful.

I know a few people were given Macs on request, I wonder if I could get a Linux machine... Everything we do is web based or on a remote desktop.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

I mean technically any machine is a potential Linux machine...

[-] derpgon@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago

Fuck M$ 365, good old Office 2019.

Also fuck Teams, but that is a whole different story.

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 61 points 6 days ago

[-] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 44 points 6 days ago

Do I look like I know what a jay peg is?

Also yes this is crazy. I would recommend installing Linux to fix this issue.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 21 points 6 days ago

LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX

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[-] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

I love my computer so much more since I switched to Linux

[-] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 34 points 6 days ago

Switch to Linux, this shit doesn't happen unless you set it up.

[-] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Some people have jobs.

[-] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago

Yeah, people who know how to use Linux

[-] ThePrimitive@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago

All of my personal machines are Linux. I'm forced to use Windows for work, like nearly all knowledge workers. You'll find out about it when you grow up.

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[-] taiyang@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

I do feel a bit like a Hank Hill when I rant about this or any other newer, unwelcome features. No, Outlook, I don't want you to finish my sentences, you are wrong 100% of the time and I'd rather do it myself gosh dang it.

[-] Zink@programming.dev 13 points 5 days ago

OneDrive and all of M365 is much nicer on Linux. It’s all just webpages that I use when I need them (pretty regularly) but that don’t interfere with anything else going on with my system.

[-] Notyou@sopuli.xyz 31 points 6 days ago

Quick vent. My job introduced OneDrive and cloud shit through Microsoft. Yeah. I still have to tell my computer to save on itself. I'm not using OneDrive.

I hear my coworkers bitch about it all the time. It's not syncing. I can't save or change this or that. I can't find it when I'm trying to open it. Why is this green or yellow? What's up with this check? They always ask me for help because I'm the younger one that knows more about computers. I respond that I don't do cloud shit. I want to know where my info is, but they keep on wanting me to figure it out for them.

I guess cloud computing is my old man yelling at clouds line.

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[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

Getting OneDrive uninstalled fully is a nightmare. I got rid of it but it was still trying to sync. Like wtfff

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 13 points 5 days ago

Just install Linux at this point.

[-] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

This seems to be the answer to all tech problems on Lemmy

[-] Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago

These aren't "tech related" problems, they are "windows is shit and abusive to the user" problems.

[-] bishbosh@lemm.ee 4 points 5 days ago

Really it's restraint to only offer it as a solution to tech problems, because install more linux is my solution to all problems.

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[-] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

It was for a client at work, so I couldn't. I don't know how to install Linux, either. I'm going to try once I get a charger for my old laptop. It isn't a big priority though. I've been playing around with my Steamdeck in desktop mode to try to learn some Linux stuff and it's been going okay.

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[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

"And for the love of god stop letting programs put their crap here"

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

"Let's finish setting up windows (by asking you to subscribe to something you don't need!)"

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

You have a house?

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[-] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 16 points 6 days ago

OneDrive to rule them all, OneDrive to subscribe them

OneDrive to pester them all and in the darkness sync them

In the land of Microsoft, where the data lies.

[-] moakley@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Usually when I see the same meme reposted over and over, I start to downvote. But not this one. This one always gets an upvote from me.

[-] MudMan@fedia.io 15 points 6 days ago

I extremely don't want to save on my computer, though.

The problem with OneDrive isn't that it's a cloud service. I willingly use cloud services and other forms of remote storage all the time.

The problem with OneDrive is it doesn't work and MS's response to that is to try to embed it into the OS, rather than fix it. I have paid good money to do what OneDrive is trying to do, just properly.

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 5 days ago

You want to be in control of your data? Silly human…

[-] inriconus@programming.dev 4 points 5 days ago

As annoying as it is being set this way by default, it's easily avoided by right clicking on the user folder to move ( documents|desktop|video|etc) folders in File Explorer -> Properties -> Location tab.

Then either: Type in: C:\users[your current user]\Documents (or which ever user folder being changed)

Click Move and browse to and select the local folder you want to use.

Click apply, it will ask you if you want to move contents from the original location as well.

Click yes, and now your user folders will be and will stay local. I haven't had any issues since and have had that set for years on my windows PCs.

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