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That was added in Windows 8. I disagree that it isn't an inherently bad idea.

• acdha 11y ago
  > I disagree that it isn't an inherently bad idea. How else do you provide any drivers needed to get online? If you store them on the disk, malware or hardware failure will break it. If you use external media, it's an expense to OEMs and something the user will lose before they need it, not to mention the growing number of tablets & other devices which have very limited connectivity options. I would be the first to say that Lenovo abused this and deserves all of the backlash they got but Microsoft created this mechanism to solve a real problem (“Get closer to an Apple-level experience”) which millions of people encounter at some point. Unfortunately, when you cannot trust the hardware vendor the only answer is not to buy from them. There is no level of making the user experience worse or removing features which will prevent them from causing problems if they choose.