Microsoft doesn't understand consent. Everyone ought to stop accepting its abuse and kick Windows to the curb as a matter of basic self-respect.

If/when I need a new job I’ll just put “Linux daily driver” as my entire resume /s

How to turn off OneDrive with Group Policy.

Press Windows + R, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter. Navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Windows Components > OneDrive.

• Save documents to OneDrive by default: Disabled
• Prevent OneDrive from generating network traffic until the user signs in to OneDrive: Enabled
• Prevent the usage of OneDrive for file storage: Enabled

The last setting disables OneDrive on your system; make sure to change it to Disabled if you use OneDrive.

Restart your computer for the changes to take effect.

Dealing with shit like this on Windows all day at work was what finally pushed me to switch to Linux on my home computer.

One of those articles had a guy commenting that OneDrive decided to purge a directory because it didn't like what was in it, which; of course, led to the deleting of the original, synced, files. How people put up with this insanity is beyond me.

Microsoft never learns

I mean, everyone who gets hit by this is going to keep paying their Windows licenses, so it isn't Microsoft who has something to learn in this scenario

Malware. This is called malware.