▲ 133 ▼ Any recommendations for an alternative to the Windows clock app? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by thru_dangers_untold@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.world 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments I don't want to have to log into my alarm clock anymore. "Ditch Windows" is a fair answer. I'm working on it.
[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 31 points 2 years ago (4 children) Is this real? The alarm app requires login? permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] twinnie@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) I searched it and found there were some cases of people being asked to login when they used the clock app but it appears to have been a bug. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don’t know why that app would even have the code to request a login. It’s a clock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago Probably part of some base template Microsoft uses. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sqibkw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I haven't encountered this luckily. The only use case I can imagine is syncing alarms and timers across devices? But...I use timers for working, and alarms for waking up. I don't really want those to sync across devices. And it doesn't really seem worth a backup - it takes 30 seconds to set a new alarm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) I searched it and found there were some cases of people being asked to login when they used the clock app but it appears to have been a bug. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don’t know why that app would even have the code to request a login. It’s a clock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago Probably part of some base template Microsoft uses. permalink fedilink source parent [–] sqibkw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I haven't encountered this luckily. The only use case I can imagine is syncing alarms and timers across devices? But...I use timers for working, and alarms for waking up. I don't really want those to sync across devices. And it doesn't really seem worth a backup - it takes 30 seconds to set a new alarm. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) I don’t know why that app would even have the code to request a login. It’s a clock. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago Probably part of some base template Microsoft uses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago Probably part of some base template Microsoft uses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sqibkw@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago I haven't encountered this luckily. The only use case I can imagine is syncing alarms and timers across devices? But...I use timers for working, and alarms for waking up. I don't really want those to sync across devices. And it doesn't really seem worth a backup - it takes 30 seconds to set a new alarm. permalink fedilink source parent