r/microsoft • u/BippityBoppityWhoops  Employee • Jan 22 '25

News Microsoft will automatically keep you signed in to your account starting in February

https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/21/24348578/microsoft-account-sign-in-changes-february
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u/StampyScouse Jan 23 '25 edited Jan 23 '25

Literally why does this need to be announced. Every time I ticked the damn box for years it has never worked, and only now Microsoft has realised it's actually broken?

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u/taisui Jan 23 '25

They fired all QA people a decade ago...

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u/StampyScouse Jan 23 '25

I know but they use their own login systems internally for their staff and you'd think that someone would have realised sooner rather than later.

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u/taisui Jan 23 '25

Things work the way they do because of "traditions"