lol, a way to bypass the Microsoft account requirement in Windows 11 - type username no@thankyou.com, any password, and it bumps you to local account creation.
@GossiTheDog The point of allowing this (for now) is so Microsoft can slowly boil the frog. They aren't removing local accounts all at once; they'll let you use workarounds for a time, while you become increasingly dependent on their ecosystem.