Microsoft has blocked the bypass that allowed you to create a local account during Windows 11 setup by typing in a blocked email address

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Door slammed on last remaining easy Windows 11 local account setup workaround
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Brazenly forcing anti-consumer features like this is an obvious sign of monopoly and abuse of their dominating position on the market. They should have been broken up a long time ago along with all the other big tech companies who have been pulling this sort of crap.

They were convicted of being a monopoly over 20 years ago.

I remember when it happened. Back then we were concerned about how Microsoft was pushing Internet Explorer as a browser on its platform. And then we just gave up on enforcing Antitrust laws let them do whatever they want along with the rest of big tech. Since then they've been doing so much worse than that.

You can blame lobbying for that.

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