Good effort for sure but I'm still really sketched out by the sheer amount of monitoring crapware on Windows 10: what stops MS from re-enabling all of this stuf

Good effort for sure but I'm still really sketched out by the sheer amount of monitoring crapware on Windows 10: what stops MS from re-enabling all of this stuff? After all you and I will need to leave auto-updating on default in order for the OS to stay safe in Internet context. Which effectually means that MS can enable/replace all of these services at any given time. I get that trusting closed source code is always iffy but trusting closed source software that -intentionally- sets out to monitor and document your every move seems a less than optimal path to walk. Will stay on Windows 7 for now and if no better offering comes along from MS I will move to a Linux solution (or even OSX if my privacy stands a better chance of being protected than on Windows). Sad in a way cause I'm fundamentally fine with Windows from a work perspective, it gets stuff done for me.