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The telemetry collection in Windows 10 has been reduced a lot. And MS are transparent about it and give you lots of control and switches in Settings/group polic
by dirkg 7y ago
The telemetry collection in Windows 10 has been reduced a lot. And MS are transparent about it and give you lots of control and switches in Settings/group policy to turn it off, unlike everyone else.
Many other corps collect much more invasive telemetry and users have no clue - e.g Netflix is basically a data collection service with a side effect of video streaming. Same for FB, Google ads cookies etc, every retailer etc etc.
But singling out MS has always been popular.
- vetinari 7y agoThe difference is, that Neflix/Google/Facebook had their services with telemetry since start. If you didn't agree to their terms, you simply didn't start using their services. They don't even have network effects like Windows has. Microsoft, on the other hand, added telemetry to already widely-used product, not giving the existing users any choice. Is it any wonder that Microsoft is being singled out? They deserve to be singled out.