„Microsoft continuously shoves this cloud thing down our throats.” Word's new file saving method has been badly received

Word has had an autosave feature for text documents for a few years now, but it used to be turned off by default. Microsoft wants to change this, as revealed in a new presentation about changes to OneDrive. As you might have guessed, forcing users to switch to the cloud didn't go over well, even with promises about file security.

Windows users don't want Word documents in OneDrive

The changes in Word were announced at the time of the presentation, or at least that's what Microsoft said. Right now, only members of the Windows Insider program can take advantage of them, as stated in a blog post:

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The idea was criticized by people who discussed Microsoft's publication on the subreddit r/technology. It seems that no one wants to use OneDrive while simultaneously having to deal with the increasingly less intuitive changes that Microsoft is making to its apps.

For those who prefer to keep their files local and not use the cloud, Microsoft is keeping the door open. You can still turn off autosave whenever you want. Some people understand the company's move, even if they disagree with it. In their opinion, Microsoft decided to enable cloud autosave by default because users often don't pay attention to where they save files, leading to difficulties in finding them or losing them due to computer errors, and then blaming Microsoft. Last year, Microsoft introduced a PC that runs Windows entirely in the cloud.

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