4. Windows 11 is Obsessed With Your Microsoft Account
The first time you first boot up your PC with Windows 11 Home Edition, you’re greeted with a screen to sign into your Microsoft account. At first glance, most users will assume they have no choice but to put in their credentials. The process for logging in without an account is so involved it would disincentivize anybody from trying to run their computer without having a dedicated user profile that Microsoft controls.
If you’re there to use all of Microsoft’s apps, then the dedicated sign-in should make life easier. But even then, it doesn’t preclude you from having to input your username and password later. What if I want to sign in to my Xbox account? Well, I still have to go through a few permissions to enable my account. As I try to get it to recognize that my Microsoft Account is linked to my Game Pass subscription, I then have to open a link to the Microsoft Store. If the point was to make life easier, the Microsoft account just allows the company to impede you at every turn with calls to use OneDrive, Game Pass, or Microsoft 365.
