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Up until about two weeks ago, I thought people were being unreasonably whinny about the changes in Windows 10. This was before I noticed that Candy Crush Saga

by athrun 10y ago

Up until about two weeks ago, I thought people were being unreasonably whinny about the changes in Windows 10. This was before I noticed that Candy Crush Saga silently installed itself on my Windows 10 machine. Not only that but it was listed as a running application in the Task Manager. Think about it: the system is silently installing & running third party apps without your consent (!) and there's no option to control that behavior. (This is not me having hallucinations, see [1] for other reports of that behavior). I don't know why it took that long but it seriously compromised any trust I had with the company. [1] https://www.google.ie/search?rls=en&q=windows+10+candy+crush+keeps+installing https://www.google.ie/search?rls=en&q=windows+10+candy+crush...

mikegerwitz 10y ago
https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html
legodt 10y ago
Slight correction, but it doesn't take away from your overall comment: On Windows 10 installs that Candy Crush "app" is actually a silently bundled advertisement/link to manually installing the game. The point about insidiously injecting unwanted data into your computer still stands, but this is a minor difference.
- athrun 10y ago
  Thanks for the correction! I was in panic mode when I found that app listed in the Task Manager, I really thought my computer had been compromised and I uninstalled that app right away without actually looking at it. Glad to know it's 'only' an ad and not arbitrary code. But as you point out, it's still an obvious violation of trust...
JoeAltmaier 10y ago
I have two identical machines sitting in the same room. Upgraded one; other (this one) still running Win7. I used to go back and forth, getting a feel for what is different. The third time resetting the Win10 new browser home-page, new tab page and search engine back to my preferred ones, I began to doubt they had my interests at heart. Now I find myself never using the Win10 machine; its just too much grief and frustration. I don't want to waste time undoing the automatic changes they keep making.

by athrun 10y ago

mikegerwitz 10y ago

https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-microsoft.en.html

legodt 10y ago

Slight correction, but it doesn't take away from your overall comment: On Windows 10 installs that Candy Crush "app" is actually a silently bundled advertisement/link to manually installing the game. The point about insidiously injecting unwanted data into your computer still stands, but this is a minor difference.

athrun 10y ago
Thanks for the correction! I was in panic mode when I found that app listed in the Task Manager, I really thought my computer had been compromised and I uninstalled that app right away without actually looking at it. Glad to know it's 'only' an ad and not arbitrary code. But as you point out, it's still an obvious violation of trust...

JoeAltmaier 10y ago

I have two identical machines sitting in the same room. Upgraded one; other (this one) still running Win7. I used to go back and forth, getting a feel for what is different. The third time resetting the Win10 new browser home-page, new tab page and search engine back to my preferred ones, I began to doubt they had my interests at heart. Now I find myself never using the Win10 machine; its just too much grief and frustration. I don't want to waste time undoing the automatic changes they keep making.