You can still skip it in Windows 11 pro
It isnt in the article, are you sure about that, do you have a source? This is news about a new build
You can join Windows 11 pro to a domain. In the setup you create a new local user that you use to domain join the machine.
If you never domain join it you just have a local user.
I mean where will Microsoft stop with this ? So force people to create accounts, people create accounts, then remove them and only use local accounts or find some other loophole. Then what ? Lockdown windows usage until you have a Microsoft account with a real phone number, always connected and at least one up to date copy of birth certificate or passport ?
Isn’t the money from selling microsoft products enough ? Or is the AI slop that nobody wants so expensive to develop?
Isn’t the money from selling microsoft products enough?
“Enough money” is a phrase that simply doesn’t make sense for a lot of people, especially the sociopaths that run companies.