> Most people are very angry about how Microsoft acts. While I support people getting "mad as hell" when a business abuses their customers, harsh words and the

> Most people are very angry about how Microsoft acts. While I support people getting "mad as hell" when a business abuses their customers, harsh words and the occasional strongly worded letter won't change anything. MS will continue along this path until they see their revenue dropping or their market share shrinking. Continuing to use windows - even with the spyware disabled - tells MS that they got away with it. They will continue testing that threshold to see how much they can get away with. This strategy works particularly well because memories are short and every every new release moves the Overton Window[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window