When you’ve caught with Home windows 10 since you don’t like how Microsoft is seemingly pumping Home windows 11 stuffed with adverts then we now have some unhealthy information, because it appears like the corporate might begin doing the identical with Home windows 10’s Begin menu.
The tech big is presently testing out bringing the “Microsoft account supervisor” flyout menu in a few completely different layouts to the Begin menu. This might allow Home windows 10 customers to handle their Microsoft accounts in numerous methods, together with switching between completely different accounts, altering account settings, or signing out utterly.
This might be pretty benign if that was the entire story, however it seems that Microsoft account supervisor might be used to encourage customers to enroll in Microsoft’s personal services and products like Microsoft 365, a subscription service for apps like Phrase, Excel, and OneDrive.
Home windows Newest explains that Home windows 10 customers may begin seeing extra notifications and prompts reminding you (or as some may put it, nagging you) that your Microsoft account truly exists, to arrange a restoration plan, and to be taught extra about Microsoft 365. Apparently, this doesn’t go away even if you happen to’ve subscribed to the essential Microsoft 365 plan.
Extra unhealthy information – it appears like you’ll be able to’t do away with it
As reported by Home windows Newest, Microsoft appears to be taking part in round with a few completely different designs for this account supervisor characteristic. In screenshots offered by Home windows Newest, you’ll be able to see the devoted button in several elements of the left-hand Begin menu sidebar, and whereas it’s not totally purposeful in the intervening time, it does appear to be it might be simpler to leap to account administration (if that’s one thing you’re after).
I personally don’t handle my Microsoft account that always so this wouldn’t do very a lot for me, and sadly, if you wish to take away this characteristic, it doesn’t seem that there’s an easy solution to swap it off.
I’ve gone via cycles of frustration with Microsoft and it’s a bummer that this intrusive technique of pushing its personal providers seems to be the brand new regular. Additionally, it desires to transform its Home windows 10 person base to Home windows 11, even when customers are reluctant to take action. Nonetheless, Microsoft additionally peppers Home windows 11’s UI with adverts so it doesn’t appear to be there might be a straightforward escape from these sorts of interruptions – until you turn to a unique, non-Microsoft, working system comparable to macOS 15 Sequoia or Linux.
In fact, Microsoft understandably desires extra folks to subscribe or buy its services and products, however there’s an actual hazard that this heavy-handed strategy might do extra hurt than good. In these financially unsure instances, many individuals want to minimize down on their subscriptions, for instance, they usually gained’t like feeling like they’re being inspired to enroll in extra.
