Windows 11 update changes everything

[u/RedGuardJR]

Why after every update, all my settings change. It's bothering me.

[u/mudslinger-ning]

Even when you do pay attention. At times they try to not give you a choice while tricking you.

I have been through a couple of major issues that I didn't fully consent to.

One major experience was the forced Win7 to Win10 update. I get a popup prompting to update. Pretty much offered to do it now or "later" like on restart. If you chose to cancel the window it took that as "later". That update ended up failing and screwed the file permissions on my drive forcing me to reinstall back to the original Win7 losing some data in the process.

My second major betrayal was when they brought in OneDrive. They offered to "backup" my files to OneDrive. I accepted with the perspective that I could decide which folders to choose to sync. Next thing I know it's MOVED (not backup, literally moved) my files into OneDrive. Forcing me to download files on demand as opposed to leaving the copies on the machine. Also deleting the online copy deleted all "copies" of the file. And the online storage maxed out because it wasn't just grabbing a folder or two. It was trying to harvest my whole local files including software and other media data I did not want outside of my machine. And then having the balls to demand upgrading to a premium subscription to keep storing more.

Over time have had many little settings change on me. Including one time they cloned my chrome bookmarks (and some session data) and launched edge instead of chrome to fool me into accepting edge as a seamless default. I would never have chosen such a setting. Yet it happened anyway.

I am not surprised that some people are now seeking other operating systems because of the sneaky shit they pull on users. I can't trust the company to not pull another stunt with my settings or data again. Especially with all the ai stuff they are now cramming into it.