>You just "simple" don't trust Microsoft. It's either a mistake/or English isn't their first language, regardless your wording and use of quotes makes this sou

>You just "simple" don't trust Microsoft. It's either a mistake/or English isn't their first language, regardless your wording and use of quotes makes this sound aggressive or insulting. (This sets the tone for the rest of the comment) You understood what was meant. >What about other big companies, for example Google? Do you trust them or not? Why? Do you trust Apple/Facebook/<put_here_another_big_company_with_users>? Why? As for me personally, I don't trust most large companies very much. Many large companies have a goal to collect a lot of data on you and potentially sell that data, and that's ignoring Government snooping etc. But I still use many of their services despite that. There's a trade off to be made and occasionally it can be worth it, I just try not to give out more data than necessary. As for Microsoft and Windows/Windows 10 specifically the stakes are higher. Assuming I'm running a Microsoft OS I'm dependent that it's operating in my best interests, everything I do on a computer is run through the OS. If my OS is compromised by the vendor (in this case Microsoft) they can collect a lot of data about me and my habits against my will. The counter argument is usually something around the lines of "Well Google/Apple is doing all this stuff and worse!" with their mobile operating systems, which may be true. The difference is I don't use my phone for critical tasks or the majority of them, partially for that reason. We've already lost the battle with phones, but I still want my PC to be sacred, even though it might not actually be 100% possible.