please

the documents folder on the computer that Microsoft has in your house

Do I look like I know what a OneDrive is?

the most enraging thing i’ve ever experienced on windows was when they started automatically “off-loading” files on my drive because i was running out of space. what the fuck, fuck you, i needed that, die in a fire and never touch my drive again. if i need more space i will fucking make more space

"Your house, ahahah, nice one! By the way, rent is going up. How much was 'your' raise this year?"

My stupid ass phone keeps demanding me to be connected to the internet in order to view photos that I TOOK ON MY PHONE.

It's so funny watching people have this problem for a literal decade, and they're still complaining instead of using FOSS.

There aren't enough "got dangs" in this meme

The moment a lawyer saves their medical records in a way that unintentionally and without their consent uploads them to OneDrive, they have a pretty solid case to charge Microsoft for a HIPAA violation.

I want to save to the share drive that looks like a regular folder path.

Always hated how MS forces you to use their shit ... I mean I get it, most wouldn't chose to use them as they are indeed shit

I have OneDrive limited to a single swap meat folder aptly called "dumpster" and it still fucks it up weekly

This is why i went to Linux. This stuff needs to stop.

But, cyborg Bill Gates needs your data to survive. You do want him to survive, don’t you?

I've commented on this meme before. All I'm going to say this time is that OneDrive has redeeming qualities. The way that Microsoft pushes it, like many things Microsoft has pushed lately, is pretty shitty.

Quickly: good examples of shitty Microsoft pushes for what they want you to use: persistent pop-ups about upgrading to Windows 10/11 from earlier versions, making the default browser setting in Outlook/office/teams/whatever, to be separate from the system default, and that default is always edge, OneDrive.... I don't need to say more about the push to OneDrive, considering it's the point of the post.

Regarding OneDrive specifically, you can change the default save locations for MS apps to be not OneDrive. However, OneDrive does offer benefits that are great for the less technically savvy, specifically syncing user data (mainly desktop/documents/pictures).... If you don't need a crazy amount of storage for your images/documents, etc, then having the OneDrive backup/sync enabled is a good backup solution. The only thing you need to keep on top of is that OneDrive is actually still connected to the service (logged in) and working as intended. OneDrive seems to have this tendency to logout or expire your connection, so checking on it monthly just to ensure its still backing up is the best practice.

The benefit to this backup is that it's built into Windows, and almost entirely transparent to the user. "Saving to OneDrive" is just putting the information into a dedicated OneDrive sync folder (usually under "C:\users(username)\OneDrive - (account name)" ) which saves locally, then syncs to OneDrive in the background using something similar to the "BITS" service (background intelligent transfer service, also part of Windows).

Since this is normally very transparent to the user, it's good for less tech savvy people, in case they suffer a failure like a hard drive loss, system crash/failure/corruption, lost/stolen/destroyed hardware, etc. All their files are synced/saved to OneDrive and they lose nothing, all they need is a Microsoft account (Hotmail/outlook.com/live.com), and to take the 30s or so to set it up. Then use the computer pretty much normally and their data is safe from loss.

There's an absolute shit ton of alternatives, not just from cloud storage providers. I personally use both OneDrive (personal, on a Hotmail account - free tier, which IIRC is 100G), Google drive, and my Synology. OneDrive on my PC backs up documents/pictures mainly, which I use as a sync to my laptop, and I use "Synology drive" to back up my entire C:\users\username folder to my local NAS. Google drive is exclusively used on-cloud, mainly for shared documents that I collaborate with others on; mainly financial records (no credit/debit/bank info, just costs, etc), and other tracking type documents and stuff I need to share with others.

I won't get into other alternatives just due to the sheer number of them. Needless to say, I'm very contentious of my data and losing it. I am aware that my free/public account data might be anonymised and used to train some AI somewhere, so I tend to be careful about putting any password/account data/confidential data on a service that may have access to something I don't want it to. I use a password manager, so I don't generally keep login info anywhere except there.

Anyways, enough about me, I want to hear what people use for their backups!

In 2003 I could have made a living selling subscriptions to 5-GB cloud storage that was tightly integrated into Windows.

I understand why Windows is trying to capture you into it's cloud ecosystem. Just saying that between M$, Apple, and Google you can do some robust backups, basically for free. And if you're worried about privacy, just encrypt.

ah time for horror stories with sparky:

I know of people who work in IT and use onedrive as a shitty version of github for sharing and version controlling code.... If I was them, I'd alteast use syncthing

Just in case: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/turn-off-disable-or-uninstall-onedrive-f32a17ce-3336-40fe-9c38-6efb09f944b0

Encrypt your files before upload them to OneDrive this way you use Microsoft servers and your files cannot be accessed by them to train AI and sell your personal data

If that reality isn't depressing enough, there's also Clouds KOTH edit by Aliantos.

Yall do know we can just disable it right?

Then don't use MS Office?

This is a setting in Excel. But Cloud is the default option.

Unpopular opinion: OneDrive automatic integration is amazing. Get a new PC, login, boom. PC at your parents' house? Boom.

I tried open source file syncing and it was jank. Everyone making their own cloud is inefficient anyway.

I just wish windows phone was still a thing and it could all be on the Microsoft account. It remains better value than any other offering.

That said, if it's not your thing and you don't want any of it, I agree there should be a big red "I've got this" button if you want to go full manual transmission. Well, windows style, maybe circa Windows 7. Linux is only for those for whom playing with settings is why they computer.

Also "personalisation" can eat a dick. And stop fucking asking me for feedback. You get 1 star everytime just for asking. I'm done. /rant

I don't understand the hatred of OneDrive. Your documents folder redirects to the OneDrive folder. I guess you have a piece of software that has the documents folder hard coded? Be mad at that software.

switch to Linux or deal with it.

Does Dolphin map onedrive?

You could use that as your file explorer

However Microsoft doesn’t let you set it as the native dialogue yet so it won’t solve the issue