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> Microsoft started by doing what every other OS maker was already doing by collecting telemetry Unrelated to my sibling comment, but the parent was talking ab
by wfunction 9y ago
> Microsoft started by doing what every other OS maker was already doing by collecting telemetry
Unrelated to my sibling comment, but the parent was talking about tracking and nagware during the Windows 10 TRANSITION, which you conveniently ignored. You're talking about Windows 10 itself.
Windows 10 was forcefully shoved down so many people's throats who were desperately trying to avoid it, with misleading "confirmation" triggers to install Windows 10. Don't try to pretend Microsoft was innocent.
- captainmuon 9y agoJust an anecdote, but I think it was a good thing in some cases to "shove the update down people's throats". I help my in-laws with their PC, and they were struggling with windows 8. I told them to update (before the free offer expired), but wasn't there in person to do it, and they didn't manage. A few weeks later, they asked why the PC now looks different... They accidentally did update :-) and they liked it now better, the only complaint was that you have to click once before logging in. So I guess different people, different needs. Myself, I just clicked "don't remind me again" on the windows 10 reminder screen, and was not bothered anymore, until I decided to upgrade manually. But maybe the program was differently aggressive in different countries (I live in Germany)?