For one thing, just like Google Drive, MS scans everything and won’t let you store stuff they disagree with.
Example: batch files that modify things like KMS settings. These have a legitimate use in business environments, but MS sees them as hacking their stuff.
They don’t warn you either, the sync jobs just fail. Like a OneNote notebook will just fail to sync, with no reason why.
i didn’t ask for all my files to be on the cloud. it just happened one day. and when it happened, they moved locations locally so i couldn’t easily find them and put them where i wanted
This is the big reason. OneDrive used to be decent back when it simply offered my cloud storage in a folder locally, and it was more stable than Google Drive on Windows for me. But then, triggered by updates, they started hijacking the rest of my PC, syncing folders that I never wanted synced, like Documents and Pictures. When I uninstalled OneDrive, I couldn’t access them at all! It had without my consent transferred all of my files into OneDrive and completely off of my computer. They were still visibly there, owned by OneDrive, but I couldn’t access them. I had already wiped them from OneDrive before I realized this because at this point I was decided that I was done with OneDrive after this serious breach in trust, but luckily they were still in the OneDrive recycle bin. After a lot of swearing and googling, I found that I was far from the only person dealing with this, and after reading a few threads, I found the solution. I was able to reinstall OneDrive on the PC, restore access to my files, turn off the syncing they was turned on without my permission, and only then uninstall OneDrive. So yeah, I was happy with OneDrive for a few years as an alternative to Google Drive, but after that move? Fuck no, it’s dead to me. I will not let OneDrive touch or get anywhere near my files.
This pissed me off enough to finally ditch Windows when it happened to me. It stole my freakin files without asking and put them on someone else’s server. Absolutely ridiculous, and just how a virus acts! How could I possibly trust the OS with any of my data after that?
Because it puts stuff there when I don’t want it. I work in locations without internet access (quelle horreur!) and I want access to my files. Also there is a cloud desktop and a local desktop. Cloud downloads file and a local downloads file. I don’t want any cloud and I don’t want to pay starlink to get to files I could carry with me.
Is that a configuration issue? I think what I did was went into the settings and tailored it. Shut off desktop, decided which folders and where. Then it’s all good. I recommend it as a first option for multi unit use.
What’s wrong with OneDrive? I use it and it’s fine.
For one thing, just like Google Drive, MS scans everything and won’t let you store stuff they disagree with.
Example: batch files that modify things like KMS settings. These have a legitimate use in business environments, but MS sees them as hacking their stuff.
They don’t warn you either, the sync jobs just fail. Like a OneNote notebook will just fail to sync, with no reason why.
i didn’t ask for all my files to be on the cloud. it just happened one day. and when it happened, they moved locations locally so i couldn’t easily find them and put them where i wanted
This is the big reason. OneDrive used to be decent back when it simply offered my cloud storage in a folder locally, and it was more stable than Google Drive on Windows for me. But then, triggered by updates, they started hijacking the rest of my PC, syncing folders that I never wanted synced, like Documents and Pictures. When I uninstalled OneDrive, I couldn’t access them at all! It had without my consent transferred all of my files into OneDrive and completely off of my computer. They were still visibly there, owned by OneDrive, but I couldn’t access them. I had already wiped them from OneDrive before I realized this because at this point I was decided that I was done with OneDrive after this serious breach in trust, but luckily they were still in the OneDrive recycle bin. After a lot of swearing and googling, I found that I was far from the only person dealing with this, and after reading a few threads, I found the solution. I was able to reinstall OneDrive on the PC, restore access to my files, turn off the syncing they was turned on without my permission, and only then uninstall OneDrive. So yeah, I was happy with OneDrive for a few years as an alternative to Google Drive, but after that move? Fuck no, it’s dead to me. I will not let OneDrive touch or get anywhere near my files.
This pissed me off enough to finally ditch Windows when it happened to me. It stole my freakin files without asking and put them on someone else’s server. Absolutely ridiculous, and just how a virus acts! How could I possibly trust the OS with any of my data after that?
Because it puts stuff there when I don’t want it. I work in locations without internet access (quelle horreur!) and I want access to my files. Also there is a cloud desktop and a local desktop. Cloud downloads file and a local downloads file. I don’t want any cloud and I don’t want to pay starlink to get to files I could carry with me.
Is that a configuration issue? I think what I did was went into the settings and tailored it. Shut off desktop, decided which folders and where. Then it’s all good. I recommend it as a first option for multi unit use.
“Works on my machine.”
I keep my porn there. No need to leave traces on my devices
Same. Microsoft can eat shit for copilot but I love having the cloud integration. Especially when I have 6 devices.
It also is available on Mac.