Win7, 8, and 8.1 updates are moving to cumulative patches next month. Assuming you still patch at all, you will be unable to avoid installing the telemetry on o

Win7, 8, and 8.1 updates are moving to cumulative patches next month. Assuming you still patch at all, you will be unable to avoid installing the telemetry on older MS operating systems too. I assume that like Win10, there will be ways to hack around and disable the telemetry there. But you can't avoid installing it in the first place for long.