Comment by surgical_fire

3 days ago

There's a great solution to this.

Just stop using Microsoft shit. It's a lot easier than untangling yourself from Google.

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bee_rider  3 days ago

Yeah it is legitimately hard to avoid Google, if nothing else some of your emails will probably be leaked to Gmail.

But Microsoft is pretty easy to avoid after their decade of floundering.

  • LogicFailsMe  3 days ago

    Whenever I have to use Windows, I just create a new throwaway account on proton, connect it to the mother throwaway account connected to a yahoo email account created in the before times, install what I need, and then never access that account again.

    • hshdhdhehd  3 days ago

      It is fucked you almost need mob levels of burner cell precautions to have privacy and use Excel.

  • khazhoux  3 days ago

    How can I play starcraft 2 without it?

    • righthand  3 days ago

      Starcraft 2 w/ Battlenet has been working on Linux for over a decade. You don’t even need Proton, it works lovely with WINE.

    • account42  2 days ago

      Besides the obvious answer in the siblings, the more general answer (because there will always be something that won't transfer effortlessly) is that you don't have to play Starcraft 2. If the only way to engage in a leisure activity is by allowing yourself to be raped then maybe you should just not do it.

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Is there a free platform that will let me blog like GitHub Pages works?

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