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Both make very sure you are aware of optional online services they offer.

Only Microsoft has actively hidden the option to use your own computer without a Microsoft account.

On win 10 there used to be a button to create a local account, but they removed it and made it so you had to disconnect from WiFi to get to that screen. Then they changed it to make it so that you have to disconnect from WiFi AND run some arcane terminal command. At this point your average user is just going to use an online Microsoft account. What an atrocious user experience

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