Upcoming Windows 11 builds cannot install without internet and Microsoft Account

Windows is the first thing that gets deleted on a new PC.

An acquaintance of mine works for Microsoft. Every time I meet him, he always tells me how much money hey makes. I'm sure it's double of what I earn when I have a good year. A big part of me wants to earn that money, too. But an unwavering part of me knows, I could never work for Microsoft.

At this point it is not just bitterness from their anti-Linux, anti-FOSS FUD days:

http://web.archive.org/web/20010201090600/http://www.dot-lie...

It is knowing that I don't align with their philosophies, at all.

I can feel it every time I try to use one of their broken, unloved UIs.

The thing is, Microsoft does make good software: Excel, Visual Studio, VSCode, Xbox.

I don't believe the problem is the engineers, the leadership of Windows fails to understand what the OS is meant for: getting out of the way so you can access the apps.