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Microsoft is using deceptive tactics to hold our content hostage. I wasn't given any intimation on how OneDrive would without my permission take hold of my folders and content and not release it back to me unless I took their subscription account to access them. Even though I have paid for a yearly subscription, I still am not able to restore back all my content to my local storage. Though the sum of amount they've received isn't much, the value of my content is too high for me. I do not want them on OneDrive, I want them locally on my computer and for me to access, store, or transfer per my discretion.
When they apply this policy at a systemic level where all Windows users are subjected to it, suddenly the under $20 annual fee obviously becomes a much greater sum. It is something that must be attacked and resented publicly. A class action law suit is necessary when companies begin to act so callously.
A Microsoft file hosting and synchronization service.
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SAME ISSUE! ONEDRIVE HIJACKED MY FILES
I never selected to backup my desktop. Yet, files became unavailable when I decided I didn’t need onedrive anymore.
I am all for a class action lawsuit. I found this, when googling “class action lawsuit against Microsoft Onedrive, for hijacking files.”
"All you need to do" doesn't help. It used to make me feel stupid, not anymore. All I really need to do is win a small lottery and buy a Mac.
Hi, Thanks. I l already change the settings in my OneDrive App, so the syncing is stopped (or it should be). But like I say, when I tried to see this unsolicited message from windows 11, somehow, it triggered the syncing again, and moved all my Pictures from my Windows system dir, to the OneDrive dir again.
Do you work in Microsoft? I hope I can work with someone who can be responsible for what happened to the poor users of Windows.
I don't think for one minute that Microsoft reputation is sacrificed by the fiasco of CrowdStrike. It's already very bad.
For your information, the OneNote in my company PC, it can't do string search correctly!!!
I have had 7 months of this, when my desktop blew up in spite of being on a surge protector, and had to buy another Dell (with Windows 11 pre-installed) and which proceeded to steal without my permission, all my stuff and put it in the **** cloud.
I thought about the people who"design" this stuff. Assumed that they were mostly autistic. Which is genetic, can't be helped. Looked it up. I was right. Silicon Valley is mostly autistic (and it even said they are marrying each other and producing more!)
Are most people in Silicon Valley autistic? - Search (bing.com)
Fine. Just don't let them mess with my life. Their problem is that they cannot relate to other people. They are more like AI robots. They do not understand the concept of Less is More or Occam's Razor. The more complex the better, they love it. And this DESTROYS our ability to work. There is no normal human making judgements as to what people want. Over the years they have never asked me what improvements or changes I would like. It's so exciting to them that you can do something 10 different complex ways. Its absolutely cluttered with extraneous junk now that they advertise as delightful "choices".
Since last night, the latest thing is that I have lost Paint 3D which I use all the time because I am an artist/writer . This is killing me and stopping me from making a living.