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Or just use a Mac. Or Ubuntu. ...sorry, it had to be said :)

SippinLean 11y ago
>Mac Which sends search queries via “Spotlight Suggestions” and “Bing Web Searches” by default? >Or Ubuntu Which sends all your search queries to Canonical by default (via the shopping lens)?
- krisdol 11y ago
  I don't know what the first thing is so it must be something I disabled when setting up my Mac. The Ubuntu thing is opt-in, not opt-out in recent versions. Both are simple changes and not nearly the same scope as W10's abuses.
  - jasonlotito 11y ago
    > Both are simple changes and not nearly the same scope as W10's abuses. Apple isn't limited to collected data just about those two things though. The fact is, Apple's OSs send, by default, a lot of data about you. It knows a lot about you, and by default, can do a lot of what people are afraid Microsoft can do. If Windows 10's privacy issues are an issue with you, Apple is not an alternative in the slightest.
    - krisdol 11y ago
      As a linux user, as much as I'd like to believe you, everything I see about OS X is that its privacy policies and options are far more restricted and in what the OS can do, and it is made far easier to opt out. Like, a single checkbox easy. You actually cannot even disable telemetry on Windows 10 without an Enterprise license.
- Retra 11y ago
  I've been using a Mac for over a year now and I can count on one hand the number of times I've used Spotlight. (And when I did use it, it was useless at solving my problems.) However, on Windows the start menu search is actually useful to me, and I use it regularly.
  - doodpants 11y ago
    I hear you. I've been a Mac owner for over 19 years. I tried using Spotlight once a couple of weeks ago, and found it completely useless. The classic (pre-OS X) Mac OS had a great search feature, though it didn't use a content index.
JimmaDaRustla 11y ago
I'm sorry, why did the most ignorant thing here "had to be said"? https://fixubuntu.com/ https://fixubuntu.com/ Now we need instructions for iOS and Android...No clue about OSX though.
- thebiglebrewski 11y ago
  I don't think it's ignorant to advocate for one platform over another? I understand that Mac and Ubuntu both send stuff back home but the amount of things you have to do on a Windows machine to disable this just seems really hefty compared to a Mac or better yet Ubuntu machine (or some breed of Linux)

>Mac Which sends search queries via “Spotlight Suggestions” and “Bing Web Searches” by default? >Or Ubuntu Which sends all your search queries to Canonical by default (via the shopping lens)?

krisdol 11y ago
I don't know what the first thing is so it must be something I disabled when setting up my Mac. The Ubuntu thing is opt-in, not opt-out in recent versions. Both are simple changes and not nearly the same scope as W10's abuses.
- jasonlotito 11y ago
  > Both are simple changes and not nearly the same scope as W10's abuses. Apple isn't limited to collected data just about those two things though. The fact is, Apple's OSs send, by default, a lot of data about you. It knows a lot about you, and by default, can do a lot of what people are afraid Microsoft can do. If Windows 10's privacy issues are an issue with you, Apple is not an alternative in the slightest.
  - krisdol 11y ago
    As a linux user, as much as I'd like to believe you, everything I see about OS X is that its privacy policies and options are far more restricted and in what the OS can do, and it is made far easier to opt out. Like, a single checkbox easy. You actually cannot even disable telemetry on Windows 10 without an Enterprise license.
Retra 11y ago
I've been using a Mac for over a year now and I can count on one hand the number of times I've used Spotlight. (And when I did use it, it was useless at solving my problems.) However, on Windows the start menu search is actually useful to me, and I use it regularly.
- doodpants 11y ago
  I hear you. I've been a Mac owner for over 19 years. I tried using Spotlight once a couple of weeks ago, and found it completely useless. The classic (pre-OS X) Mac OS had a great search feature, though it didn't use a content index.

JimmaDaRustla 11y ago

I'm sorry, why did the most ignorant thing here "had to be said"? https://fixubuntu.com/ https://fixubuntu.com/ Now we need instructions for iOS and Android...No clue about OSX though.

thebiglebrewski 11y ago
I don't think it's ignorant to advocate for one platform over another? I understand that Mac and Ubuntu both send stuff back home but the amount of things you have to do on a Windows machine to disable this just seems really hefty compared to a Mac or better yet Ubuntu machine (or some breed of Linux)