cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/50937777

According to Microsoft’s documentation, a user can only change the setting to enable or disable the new People section three times a year.

  • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
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    11 hours ago

    i wonder why they were pushing so aggressively for it’s adoption on computers.

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    1 day ago

    However, it is that seemingly arbitrary three-times-a-year limit applied to the People section that is most concerning. Why not four? Why not as many times as a user wants?

    Possibly because deleting or recreating the data is resource-intensive on the servers. It might actually be a good sign that Microsoft really removes the data, not just mark it inactive, when you turn the feature off.

    • ganymede@lemmy.ml
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      13 hours ago

      exactly

      default: on

      user: explicitly turns off

      random “update”: defaults back on

      Now wait 1 year