> And most of those features can be turned off. This is extremely misleading. The most dangerous (the build in spyware) or most annoying (ads!) "features" can'

> And most of those features can be turned off. This is extremely misleading. The most dangerous (the build in spyware) or most annoying (ads!) "features" can't be turned off at all in consumer versions of windows. You can get rid of some of the annoyances but this is nothing that can be done by the average Joe. It's even hard for dedicated computer experts to disable all the crapware in Windows 10 (and even one manages to do so, the cap will come back with the next forced update). > Mostly I'd probably just try and find out why Windows 10 isn't a valid solution. I have to admit this "advice" is almost as ingenious as it is diabolic… Parent is speculating here that someone who goes through all the hassle of upgrading Windows won't do the same work again to switch to some other OS afterwards.