With Microsoft bodging the operating system by disabling offline accounts, cramping AI in everything and obviously don’t giving a flying f*** about your personal data: how far did you come sweeping that company from your or your family members life?
For me, it is still hard to evade Microsoft, as for reasons, companies and governments are still buying into that ecosystem (Teams, OneDrive, Office, Azure, …).
Did you manage to cut or phase Microsoft out?
Privately, I haven’t managed fully, unfortunately. I am still dual booting atm for my online sim racing & other multiplayer games. Other than that, yes. 🤓
At work though… We are fist deep in MS. Office, Teams, Co-pilot junk. My org even block all search engines other than Bing (& Google).
I asked an IT manager why they are so focused on MS office. He said that it is simply the best and is necessary to stay competitive, and that the business departments wouldn’t accept anything else.
Sad reality for most