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0 pointsp_ing2mo ago0 comments

Forcing implies there are zero ways to begin with a local only account (or other non-Microsoft Account). That's simply not true.

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bdavbdav2mo ago

Disagree. If the path is shrouded behind key presses and commands which are unpublished by MS (and in some instances routes that have been closed), it may as well be.

p_ingOP2mo ago

> it may as well be.

That defies the definition of "forced". Forced means no option. You can disagree all you want -- but at a technical level, you're incorrect.

bad_haircut722mo ago

Im going to shoot you unless you say the magic word - and technically Im not even forcing you into it, you could have said the magic word and got out of it!! Whats the magic word? not telling!

selfhoster112mo ago

Try doing this as a normies without technical guidance. Technically correct, this time, is not the benchmark.

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bdavbdav2mo ago

X didn’t force Y to the ground. If Y had made different choices, worked out more, was stronger, Y could have fought back.

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bdavbdav2mo ago

Disagree. If the path is shrouded behind key presses and commands which are unpublished by MS (and in some instances routes that have been closed), it may as well be.

p_ingOP2mo ago

> it may as well be.

That defies the definition of "forced". Forced means no option. You can disagree all you want -- but at a technical level, you're incorrect.

bad_haircut722mo ago

Im going to shoot you unless you say the magic word - and technically Im not even forcing you into it, you could have said the magic word and got out of it!! Whats the magic word? not telling!

selfhoster112mo ago

Try doing this as a normies without technical guidance. Technically correct, this time, is not the benchmark.

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bdavbdav2mo ago

X didn’t force Y to the ground. If Y had made different choices, worked out more, was stronger, Y could have fought back.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse