• @[email protected]
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        620 days ago

        Agree. The default download location on iOS and padOS is iCloud and it’s pretty clear that Microsoft is chasing Apple’s monetization model.

          • @[email protected]
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            118 days ago

            The commenter suggested the file would be downloaded to onedrive. This implies that it doesn’t touch the computer.

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              Windows has a onedrive folder locally, which is the one that person is talking about. C: users isn’t in the onedrive folder.

              I’m not sure you know how onedrive works tbh.

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                @Whirlybird @potentiallynotfelix
                It scares me how many people don’t know this. The amount of people who have sent me and the rest of my team angry emails about how MS Defender is going “beyond its jurisdiction” after removing pirated software from their OneDrive is staggering.

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      1320 days ago

      I did a quick install of windows (last year I think?) and it sorted everything into a onedrive folder. documents, pictures, videos, downloads, all that stuff, looked normal from the file explorer, but was sneakily placed into a onedrive folder. it went something like c:/users/me/onedrive/. didn’t realize what it had done until like 2 days later and it gave me some popup about not being able to upload. i don’t even have a onedrive account; it just decided that was how it should be done. no idea what, if anything, it actually uploaded.

      now if i have to install windows i have a script from privacy.sexy i run before doing anything else. havent had that happen again yet. still, probably best to assume anything on a windows machine is not private.

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        1320 days ago

        Sorry but no.

        OneDrive would never back up a Downloads folder, that is just silly with the amount of data it gathers. Would fill up MS servers in no time.

        The only folders it may put automatically in OneDrive are Pictures, Documents and Desktop.

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            520 days ago

            I believe you. When my ex got a laptop, literally every folder was onedrive. Even system folders were mapped to onedrive it was ridiculous. I had to backup all her stuff and manually fix the fuckery in the registry editor before i could uninstall onedrive.

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          I think it might offer Downloads as an optional checkbox to select on first login, but can’t remember off top of my head. Also, they definitely want you to blow through your free storage to give you a reason to upgrade the storage.