While there were some telemetry concerns with Windows 10 initially, the company addressed them in later updates. I'm not accusing Microsoft of having spied on users or abused its data-gathering capabilities. The other reason I won't use an online account is that Microsoft won't stop trying to force me to use one. I don't want my local Windows account to be synonymous with an online login. Weird as it is, I find that distinction matters to me. Using an online account to log into my personal PC breaches the distinction between the two. I connect to the latter to download files, read news, and watch content, but it is not the totality of my personal computer. To me, my PC and "the internet" are two entirely different things.
I'm willing to admit that this may be an artifact of the time in which I grew up. And they aren't the reason I will never log into a Microsoft account in order to use my own PC. While I find these strictures annoying, they aren't problems for your average PC user. I recognize, however, that I'm a niche case. If I am attempting to benchmark the behavior of two specific versions of Windows, an OS that forces me to update to the latest version as a condition of installation literally prevents me from doing my job. I am not interested in creating a burner account to handle this task and I do not always need to connect a testbed to the internet. I build and wipe testbeds on a regular basis. Speaking as a reviewer, this requirement is ludicrous. This will impact both Pro and Home users. Now, Microsoft has announced that future versions of Windows 11 will require both internet access and a Microsoft account in order to set up the PC. At the time, Microsoft had just announced Windows 11 Home users would need a Microsoft Account to install the OS. Author's Note: I wrote this story in the summer of 2021.
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